Sarlat Film Festival
Cinema · Sarlat, Dordogne, France — the national festival of high-school students
The festival
In Sarlat, cinema is watched through the eyes of a high-school student — and it is very serious. Born in the wake of the creation, in 1986, of a cinema option in French lycées, the Sarlat Film Festival has become the national festival of high-school students: hundreds of young people from all over France discover films in preview, meet the film teams and award their own Golden Salamanders, alongside the public and a young jury.
The 35th edition, from 3 to 7 November 2026 at the Rex cinema, crowned En haut de la pile, by Louis-Julien Petit — Golden Salamander of the public and Golden Salamander of the lycéens. The young jury's acting award went, ex aequo, to Anthony Bajon (En haut de la pile) and Céleste Brunnquell (L'Une des leurs, by Marie Rosselet-Ruiz), while Fief, by Thomas Vernay, received the young jury's Golden Salamander.
The 36th edition is being prepared for November 2027; its dates will be announced by the festival. Festival TV will follow it — and Sarlat's lycéens will, as every year, have the last word.
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Key facts
Name: Sarlat Film Festival. Place: Cinéma Rex, Sarlat, Dordogne, France. Dates: 35th edition, 3–7 November 2026; 36th edition expected in November 2027. Official site: festivaldufilmdesarlat.com.