“Carte Blanche” is a special festival screening dedicated to a guest film festival, created to encourage the exchange of experiences and present its selection to a new audience. Our guest is Coupe Icare Cinéma, an international film festival celebrating flight, air sports, and the freedom that comes with humanity’s desire to soar above the earth. Originating in France, Coupe Icare Cinéma is part of the renowned Coupe Icare event, dedicated to free flight, paragliding, hang gliding, and other air sports. It takes place in the French Alps, in the Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet area, near Grenoble.

DREAMING OF FLIGHT

Elena Walf, Germany/Croatia, 2025, 5 min

The hen is supposed to lay eggs, just like all the others. But watching the swallows flying outside awakens a different longing in her: she wants to fly!

Award: Icare d’Or, Coupe Icare 2026.

THE LEAP

Jean-Baptiste Chandelier, France, 2025, 4 min

A dive into Jean-Baptiste Chandelier’s dreamlike world: a great leap that lays him bare and reveals why he flies.

Award: Icare du vol libre, Coupe Icare 2025.