MUMBAI: India will be the guest of honour at the 35th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival which will be held from 1-9 February next year.

Jacques Curtil, from the festival team, will soon be traveling to Kolkata, Chennai and Pune to view films and establish further contacts for the preparation of the Indian retrospective programmes at the festival.

The winning short films from Clermont-Ferrand will be screened in the above mentioned three cities in September.

The Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, to be held from 1 to 9 February 2013, is one of the most important short film festivals in the world and the second largest film festival in France after Cannes in terms of audience and professional attendance.