From February 6 to 8, this festival celebrates its 26th edition with high -flying docus and fictions
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When the small screen is also enjoyed on a large canvas ... The Luchon Festival , dedicated to Audiovisual creation 26ᵉ edition from February 6 to 8, 2025 ! Direction The magnificent Pyrenean setting of Bagnères-de-Luchon , 1:45 am from Toulouse, to attend unpublished fiction works , fascinating documentaries and meet actors and director of renowned Pub dfp position [article]->
like a phoenix ...
"" for the Luchon Festival Resonates like a new start ! ", says Peggy Vauchel, head of communication for the event for many years. "After a few difficult years, the association which organizes the festival intends to reconnect with its original values and find a national and international aura ".
In fact, audiovisual productions rewarded by the Luchon Festival have always benefited from this "label of excellence" The whole profession ...
"Occitanie is The 2ᵉ Audiovisual Power of France ", underlines Peggy Vauchel. "Its so eclectic landscapes represent a beautiful playground for filming!"
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nearly 20 projections and 10 prices awarded H2>
To restore its letters of nobility to the festival, the 2025 programming is focusing on two sectors: Fiction and fiction and fiction and Documentary . In Two projection rooms in Bagnères-de-Luchon, an audience " curious and open to discovery " is invited to view selected productions For three days .
To exchange a few words with the members of the filming teams, After the projections or outside, during festive moments ! At the end of the festival, seven prizes will be awarded in the fiction category (best series, actor.rice.s, director, scenarios ...) and Three in the documentary category (Grand Prix, Jury Prize and Public Prize).
A jury sorted on the part H2>
The public can count on known personalities from the small screen , like the actress and humorist Christelle Chollet who will officiate as mistress of the opening ceremony . As for the jury , it is made up of actor.rice.s, director and producer estimated, such as linda Hardy ("Tomorrow belongs to us"), Alice David ("Baby-sitting") or ("Joséphine").
We will of course note the remarkable presence of Audrey Dana (currently playing the series "Zorro" with Jean Dujardin), president of the jury in the documentary category . His counterpart On the fiction side is none other than Maurice Barthélemy, actor, screenwriter and director, but also ex-member of the Robins des Bois comic troop.
side actor.ne.s, impossible to tou.te.s cite them, but the festival puts in the spotlight Lucien Jean-Baptiste Star "), Claire Borotra (" Le Bleu de l'Océan "), Dounia Coesens (" Plus belle la vie "), Mélanie Doutey (" Clara Sheller "), Carole Richert (" Clem "), Fitoussi ("Alex Hugo"), Fabrice Deville ("Une Si Grand Soleil") ...
Thriller, biography or investigation H2>
What content can the spectator. Within the fiction category, productions like "them two", "murders in Saint -Martin", "high hearts!", "Alex Hugo - the new Eldorado", "The family hike - Clem - season 4" ... of the police, drama, humor ; Enough to satisfy All the desires of "telephiles" , especially since these unpublished content has never been broadcast on the small screen.
documentary question, the range covers such varied (and thrilling) subjects as the place of women in Africa Organic farming , the fate of students Syrian refugees ... as well as magnificent life portraits of celebrities such as Sean Penn , Glenn Close or the photographer Martin byr .
The Luchon Festival will open its doors on Thursday, February 6, 2025 , with the first projections of films in competition At the end of the afternoon. In the evening, the opening ceremony will be in full swing at the Théâtre de Luchon . The production unveiled for the occasion? The out-of-competition fiction "Alice's fight" -The story of a teenage girl experienced by life who takes on affection for a condemned calf ...
Friday, February 5 , projections, debates and Masterclasses will egregate all day. The opportunity to recall that the Luchon Festival also has an educational role , with programming and animations especially intended for schoolboy. Finally, Saturday, February 6 , the spectators. Those and those present in the afternoon will see fictions and documentaries off competition .
After the deliberation of the jury, the closing ceremony , once again at the Luchon theater, will be the long-awaited moment to learn The names Winner.E.S ...
Snow, sharing and festive moments
" during these three days, which coincide with the start of school holidays for certain French.es, Bagnères-de-Luchon will be under the spotlight ! notes Peggy Vauchel. " Besides, when the weather is in the game, many festival -goers take advantage of it to coupling the pleasures of culture and those of skiing ". Refait cable cars, high quality thermal baths ... and the arrival of the train in June 2025 ; Bagnères-de-Luchon intends to attract an ever wider audience .
The Luchon Festival poster in 2025. span> /© Luchon Festival span>
