CHANTS CONTRE CHAMPS
Short film festival with original music and video clip
Edition n°3 - 2026
From 12 to 15 November 2026
Selection announcement date 01 October 2026
Angers, FRANCE
No entry fees for this festival
Festival of short films with original music, music videos, and voice performance - Call Open
Closing
No entry fee
Chants contre Champs is a multidisciplinary festival in Angers dedicated to short films with original music, music videos, and voice artistry. It highlights works in which image and sound fully interact through screenings, talks, cultural outreach, and artistic events.
Selection criteria
Duration (Max)
20’
Production's date (Min)
2025
Production's date (Max)
2026
originalSoundtrack
Yes
Subtitles requested
Screening copy :
If the film isn’t in French mandatory subtitling in French
Screener :
If the film isn’t French mandatory subtitling in French or at least in English
Specific criteria
EXCERPT FROM THE RULES: ARTICLE 4 – Eligibility Conditions
Works may compete for the official selection provided they meet the following conditions:
- have been completed after June 1, 2025;
- comply with the criteria specific to the chosen category;
- not exceed a maximum running time of 20 minutes, including credits, unless otherwise specified by the festival;
- have obtained all necessary authorizations for their exploitation, screening, and distribution within the framework of the festival.
For the Short Film category, the music must have been composed specifically for the film. The following are notably excluded from this category: works using library music without genuine original compositional work; works based on pre-existing tracks not composed for the film; covers, remakes, or adaptations of musical works belonging to other artists, unless expressly authorized by the festival in a duly justified specific case.
For the Music Video category, applicants must be able to provide proof of the rights required for the use of the track and the images presented.
The producers, directors, composers, or rights holders of the submitted works guarantee that they hold all rights necessary for the presentation of the work within the framework of the festival.
Videos
Festival prize list
2025
- Meilleure Bande-Originale - Alle Vongole de Claire-Lise Lecerf / musique de Valentin Couineau
- Meilleur Court-métrage - Ce qui appartient à César de Violette Gitton / musique de Delphine Malaussena
- Meilleur Vidéoclip - Mille comme moi de Valentin Thierry et Armand Belloin / musique de François-Xavier Cardot
2024
- Grand Prix - Selma, de Jeanne Clerbaux & Tiffany Deleuze / Compositeur : Diego Wunsch
- Meilleure Musique - Ténèbres, de Clément Poirier / Compositeurs : Mathieu Blanc-Francard & Laurent Valdes
- Meilleur Vidéoclip - Zéro Zéro, d'Emmanuel Babin / Artistes du clip : Nua feat. So La Lei
- Mention Spéciale du Jury - Angelure, d'Alban Chaplet et Jean-Sébastien Bernard / Compositeur : Ben Coudert.
- Prix du Public - Au nom de la France, d'Alix Effray / Compositeur : Alexia Martineau.
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