Everything you need to know about the Clermont-Ferrand travel diary meeting

Posted On: November 11, 2023

Around the world in three days: from Friday 17 November to Sunday 19 November, 120 travelers (80 illustrators, writers, documentary filmmakers) were invited to the Polydome in Clermont-Ferrand for the 23rd edition of the Rendez-vous du journal de voyage. What you shouldn’t miss, apart from the informal meeting with the notebookists who will all stand up to discuss, sign, share…

Olivier Weber, guest of honor.

A great reporter, writer, he is a loyal fan of the show, where he comes for the third time. The highlight of his visit, he will participate in a “big debate” with the theme “Armenia, a thousand-year-old nation in danger”, Saturday 18 November, from 17.00 to 18.30. He will show the film capsule If I forget you, Armeniawhich he co-directed with Christophe Raylat and is scheduled to be released in theaters in January.

With Jean Rouault, winner of the 1990 Goncourt Prize (Field of Honor) and Clermontois Jean-Pierre Siméon, director of the Poésie-Gallimard collection.

“Journey to the heart of the book”, meeting with the authors, especially Cédric Gras, Sunday 19 November, from 15.30 to 16.15, with Mountain Climber Mao; Matthieu Tordeur, adventurer and member speaker of the Society of French Explorers, Sundays from 10:30 to 11:15.

Photos for the 50th anniversary of Doctors Without Borders; cage portrait by Elsie Herbestein; “Iranian Chronicles” in text and photos by Éric-Marie Gauthey, one of the event’s founders; “A Glimpse into India”, by Vincent Garnier, general director of tourism at Clermont Auvergne and host of the awards evening, Friday at 7 p.m., in the Polydome amphitheater (open to the public).

Cinema. Embark on a journey that will take them to the Auvergne volcano. Nan and Mouts

Ten documentaries will be screened over three days at the amphitheater. Among them, Sylvain Tesson followed in the footsteps of Laurence of Arabia; Nans et Muts, “Naked and impudent”, from the Camargue to the Auvergne; trip to Panama; a family in South America on bicycles; a young man who rides a kayak-bike on the streets of Switzerland with his chicken…Sylvain Tesson, following in the footsteps of Laurence of Arabia. Clement Gargouillaud, Sylvain Tesson.

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Iran Preview.

“Traveling to Iran in 2023 when you are Iranian”: director Shadmehr Rastin asked film students to film the celebration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, when they returned to their home province.
To circumvent censorship and avoid having professional equipment confiscated, students record videos on their cell phones. Film, New journey, new yearwill be shown in preview at Clermont-Ferrand.

What if we travel by bicycle?

Meetings (Saturdays at 10.00 and 11.30) and round tables (Sundays from 13.00 to 14.15) at “Le Coin du voyageur”, with adventurers fans of the little queen who will come to share their experiences.