The 4th Festival du film paysan takes over the Ardèche from 16 to 25 January 2026. Fifteen free screenings, debates with farmers and filmmakers, and an overview of agricultural and food issues: ten days to get to know the men and women who farm our land.
4th farmers’ film festival
The farmers’ film festival returns to the Ardèche for its4th edition, from 16 to 25 January 2026, with fifteen screenings across the department, from Ruoms to Les Vans, via Privas, Aubenas and Tournon-sur-Rhône.
Over the course of ten days, this travelling event offers an insight into contemporary agricultural and food issues, in the presence of farmers and guest speakers.
A festival rooted in the farms of the Ardèche
Organised by the Confédération paysanne de l’Ardèche* and ADDEAR 07, the festival is designed to provide an opportunity for the farming world and the general public to exchange views on small-scale farming, food quality and the preservation of the living world. The screenings are free of charge and are systematically followed by discussions and a “pot paysan” with farm produce, to extend the discussions in a convivial atmosphere.
Themes at the heart of the debates
The films in the programme cover a wide range of subjects, from the social security of food in Manger pour vivre (Eat to Live) to the issue of pesticides in Secrets toxiques (Toxic Secrets), not forgetting the transfer of farms and the impact of climate change on water and soil. Several documentaries also look at livestock farming models, pastoralism and the careers of farmers involved in organic farming and food relocation.
15 screenings
A total of fifteen screenings will take place across the Ardèche, each co-organised with local organisations (cinemas, MJCs, social centres, citizens’ groups). The screenings run from Friday 16 January in Les Vans with Manger pour vivre to Sunday 25 January in Ruoms and Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux, where Éleveurs d’horizon and Où vont les mésanges la nuit? will be screened.
Meetings with directors and speakers
A number of screenings are accompanied by meetings with the filmmakers, such as Leurs champs du cœur in Privas, or with researchers, agronomists, elected representatives and farmers, notably on water management, soil regeneration or the crisis in organic farming. The presence of spokespersons from the Confédération paysanne and the women farmers in the film means that the debates are grounded in real-life experience.
Practical information
The screenings take place mainly in the late afternoon or evening, in cinemas, village halls or cultural venues, with free admission.
Projections by commune in Ardèche
Date, film shown and location :
| Date | Film | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 16 January – 8pm | Eat to live | Les Vans – Cinéma Vivans |
| Saturday 17 January – 5pm | Their heart fields | Privas – Cinéma le Vivarais |
| Saturday 17 January – 8pm | Toxic secrets | Quintenas – Salle Louis Vincent |
| Sunday 18 January – 2pm | Right in their boots | Le Béage – Salle Montfol |
| Sunday 18 January – 5pm | The farm behind my house | Vernoux – Cinéma Écran Village |
| Tuesday 20 January – 8pm | Their heart fields | Le Teil – Cinéma Regain |
| Wednesday 21 January – 8pm | On the straw | Saint-Agrève – Salle des Arts |
| Wednesday 21 January – 8pm | The water divide | Tournon-sur-Rhône – Ciné Théâtre |
| Thursday 22 January – 8pm | Floors of hope | Lussas – Salle des fêtes |
| Friday 23 January – 8pm | My cousin is a farmer | Aubenas – Cinéma le Navire |
| Friday 23 January – 8pm | Their heart fields | Saint-Félicien – Salle des fêtes |
| Saturday 24th January – 2pm | Send | Lanarce – Salle des fêtes |
| Saturday 24th January – 5pm | Lifts | Désaignes – Salle des fêtes |
| Sunday 25 January – 4pm | Where do tits go at night? | Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux – Cinema |
| Sunday 25 January – 6.30pm | Breeders on the horizon | Ruoms – Ciné 7 |
The programme
Extract from the official programme :
The detailed programme, film summaries and posters for each date are available online on the website of the Confédération paysanne de l’Ardèche, which also provides contacts for any further information:
