Following the stars to the Festival des Antipodes – All is in Saint-Tropez.

From across the seas, following the stars, the best of Australian and New Zealand cinema comes to the Star Cinema in Saint-Tropez. While work continues on the future La Renaissance Cultural Center, a renovation that will provide a magnificent setting for cinema and the arts on the legendary Place des Lices, the 28th edition of the Festival des Antipodes will offer an equally rich and eclectic program at the Star Cinema in 2026. Ideally located near the superb Gendarmerie and Cinema Museum, you can follow Louis de Funès in The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez, stroll along the port of Saint-Tropez with Claude Chabrol's Les Biches or dance wildly with Brigitte Bardot in And God Created Woman. And upon leaving the Museum, you can head straight to the ends of the earth to explore a little-known film industry and let your curiosity lead you to discover Australian and New Zealand cinema, the immensity of this Terra Australis, and the raw energy of the land of the long white cloud through a wide range of feature films and short films, documentaries, meetings, and of course, a beautiful exhibition curated by Céline Emery-Demion (Red Dunes Gallery) featuring an eclectic and refined selection of Aboriginal art, housed in a charming and historic location: the Vasserot wash house.

To whet your appetite, let's share a few details about the 2026 edition. A cornerstone of the program, the Antipodes Juniors selection will once again offer around fifteen short films in competition, judged by nearly one hundred high school students from schools such as the Lycée du Golfe de Saint-Tropez, the Lycée de Lorgues, and the Lycée de Saint-Raphäel. These students traditionally form a serious jury, fully aware of their responsibility in choosing the recipient of the Nicolas Baudin Prize.

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