3 Days of CFF at the Jeu de Paume
Why the Climate Film Fest NYC is spending April in Paris
This weekend we’re wrapping up Earth Month with a major weekend program at the Jeu de Paume in the heart of Paris, a contemporary art museum in the Louvre’s gardens focused on photography, film, and media.
We are thrilled to be bringing highlights from our 2024 and 2025 festivals (as well as some new special selections) to an iconic museum, alongside the Jeu de Paume’s blockbuster exhibition of the late photographer Martin Parr, Global Warning.
Paris has been pushing the climate conversation forward through green urbanism and with municipal support for climate culture, and it’s now more important than ever to build strong connections across borders and languages.
18 Films. 6 Screenings. 3 days.
We’re celebrating opening night on Friday, April 24th with Searching for Amani (2024, dir. Nicole Gormley, Debra Aroko) from CFF 2024, including a conversation between Agathe Duliscouet (ChangeNOW) and the film’s director, Nicole Gormley. Followed by a reception at the Jeu de Paume and the Tuileries gardens featuring sustainable wines from Chêne Bleu.
On Saturday, we continue with Soft Rains, Hard Truths, our fiction shorts block from CFF 2025, followed by a conversation between Alissa Aubenque (Ecoprod), Dogan Kocer (Climate Spring), and Oriane Berthou (Nouvelle Séquence). In the afternoon, we’ll continue with To Hold a Mountain (2026, dir. Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić), fresh off its award-winning run at Sundance earlier this year. Finally, we’ll screen a special French avant-première screening of Ghost Elephants (2025, dir. Werner Herzog), followed by a Q&A.
Sunday beings with Tectonics, experimental shorts from CFF 2025, followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Maxfield Biggs, Tehya Jennett, Stéphanie Lagarde, and Mélia Roger, moderated by CFF’s Artistic Director Dr. J. English Cook. Finally, we wrap up with the special avant-première of Yanuni (2025, dir. Richard Ladkani).
A heartfelt thanks to the sponsors and supporters who made this possible: The Carmack Collective and Anew for sustaining support, Chêne Bleu for sustainable wine, Ecoprod for ecosystem support, and Studio Rodrigo for design.
