The Phare Festival is an international festival where short films compete in fiction, animation and documentary, held from August 6 to 10, 2025 at the Théâtre Antique in Arles.
Other festival venues: Museon Arlaten Arles
// Program :
August 8 at 9pm: Short film evening “Les films qui font du bien” at the Théâtre antique d’Arles
August 9, 9pm: Film-debate at the Museon Arlaten / “Humour” short film evening at the Théâtre Antique d’Arles
August 10, 9pm: Closing evening – Musidora ciné-concert and awards ceremony at the Théâtre antique d’Arles
-Audience Award
-The filmmakers’ prize
-Student Award
-Alice Guy Award
Ciné-concert with Anna Idatte, singer and musician – Creation
“Sun and Shadow” by Jacques Lasseyne and Musidora France / 1922
Based on the short story L’Espagnole by Maria Star.
With Musidora, Antonio Cañero, Simone Cynthia.
An inn maid, Juana, is courted by Jarana, a bullfighter who is then seduced by a foreigner. Juana then confides in a hunchbacked antique dealer who loves her desperately.
Musidora was not only one of the first silent film stars, whose role in Louis Feuillade’s “Les Vampires”, she was also a filmmaker, novelist and founding member of the Cinémathèque Française.
// Selected short films:
Les Solariens / Clarence Larrivoire / France / 2024 / Fiction / 20′ by Clarence Larrivoire
Vadim is an underground parking attendant, desperately in need of sun and company. He goes to the tanning salon, where the blue light of the UV tints the blues with solar poetry. There he meets Léonore, his booth neighbor, whose presence warms his heart. But the walls of the salon separate them: while he only knows her voice, Vadim would like to meet her physically.
Mort d’un acteur (Death of an actor) by Ambroise Rateau / France /2024 / Fiction / 22′
Philippe Rebbot has been announced dead by the media and social networks. First problem: he’s just fine. Second problem: the rumor is gaining momentum, despite his attempts to deny it.
Kaminhu by Marie Vieillevie France / 2024 / Animation / 15′
Joanna, a young Western traveler, travels the Cape Verde islands with her sketchbook. Along the way, she meets Lito, a young fisherman who encourages her to extend her stay in the village of Esperança.
