Festival du cinéma de Brive

International medium-length film meeting

Edition n°24 - 2027

From 05 to 11 April 2027

Selection announcement date 05 March 2027

Brive, FRANCE

Entry fees

The festival opens its competition to the international medium length films.

The Brive Film Festival, the first festival devoted to films from 30 to 60 minutes, gives to the medium length films, since its creation in 2004 by the French Directors Guild (SRF), an exceptional visibility. The competition became european in 2010 and will be international in 2018.

Talents revelation place, the festival promotes the emergence of young authors ; it also focus on making discover medium length films of recognized directors. Around the competition, the festival shows authors focus, special screenings, series, professional meetings, workshop pitch, cine concert and also school screenings…

The festival maintains its legendary friendliness by increasing the opportunities of exchanges with the audience and meeting spaces between professionals.

Festival policy

24th Brive Film Festival - Call closed

Opening 01/07/2026

5 €

First festival dedicated to medium-length films !
Created in 2004 by Katell Quillévéré and Sébastien Bailly through the Société des réalisatrices et réalisateurs de films (SRF), the Brive International Medium-Length Film Meetings is supported by important partners – the City of Brive-la-Gaillarde, the Corrèze Department, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, the Ministry of Culture (DRAC), the CNC – as well as many private companies.
This festival is a meeting place between the public and the professionals around a format still too little diffused. The very diverse programming reflects the vitality of this film format, we can find more than a hundred screenings, a competition of recent films, themes, tributes, school programs, roundtables and a cine-concert.

The festival is also a convivial moment for the public and professionals to interact: presentation of the films by their directors, producers, actors or technicians; casual meetings between the teams and the public around an aperitif, along with image education, debates and talks around discoveries of rare works.
The Brive Festival is the first festival entirely devoted to this format. The industry immediately recognized it as an important place of defence of creation and a unique gateway to the public. In 2022, more than 150 professionals came to Brive for what is recognized by the National Centre of Cinematography (CNC) as a festival of primary importance (ranking Category 1 in 2006).
Both national and regional presses have followed the developments of the event since its very first edition. Finally, it’s the public that has made this festival a true place of exchanges with filmmakers. Attendance is increasing each year, in 2026 for the 23rd edition there were over 7 500 admissions.