Happy New Year 2025 from the OVNI team!

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The 10th edition

The Great Game: A photo retrospective.

Nice has 3 giant screens: the sky, the sea and OVNi!

2025 is off to a great start! A huge thank you to all our partners, artists, and jury members for making this tenth edition such a rich and exciting experience. Thank you for contributing to making this event a memorable one.

Thank you for bringing video art to life with OVNi !

« Hypermémosyne », Pierre Giner – le 109 Pôle de cultures contemporaines (© Studio M)

The curtain falls on the Grand Jeu 2024! We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of this 2024 edition of OVNi. Your unwavering support and dedication brought the Grand Jeu of OVNi to life.

We are delighted to share with you our press review, offering another way to experience the event for those who couldn’t join us in person.

Press Review 2024

Sarkis, « Au commencement, Ryoanji » – Hôtel WindsoR (© OVNi)

Thank you to our institutional and cultural partners, whose invaluable collaboration made the diversity and quality of the exhibitions and events possible.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to all the artists who, through their creativity, brought each venue of the circuit and our six partner hotels to life with their powerful and surprising works and installations. The 2024 edition was defined by immersive proposals that illuminated many heritage sites across the city of Nice and its surroundings.

As every year, the hotel circuit offered a unique experience within the intimacy of a hotel room, showcasing a wide variety of exhibition formats.

2024 Report

We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the jury members who, with dedication and commitment, selected the winners of the Sud Emergence Prize and the Cosmopolis Prize, awarded during a special evening at the Théâtre National de Nice. OVNi is proud to support the laureates in their upcoming creations.

A heartfelt thank you also goes to our sponsors—the Centre de Haute Energie de Nice, the Cercle des Amis d’OVNi, the HappyCulture Group, the Ammi Group, the Fondation de Cessole—as well as all our co-production partners, without whom the festival could not sustain the creation of talented artists or showcase the works of the 140 artists presented at OVNi 2024.

We extend special thanks to Jacques Rougerie, our patron, for his kind and inspiring support throughout this journey, and to Hélène Delprat, our guest of honor, whose exceptional presence at the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild was made possible with the support of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.

© Discussion "Regards croisés" entre Nathalie Amae & Pascale Obolo - Centre de la photographie de Mougins (photo: Meriem Krikab)

« Tethys » – Emilija Skarnulyte, Citadelle de Villefranche-sur-mer (© OVNi))

Thank you to our loyal and new audience, who explored the various stages of the festival with curiosity and enthusiasm. See you soon for new adventures!