The association of Slope Museum proposes the fourth edition of the Rencontres Combloranes on the weekend of June 13 to 15, 2025. Part of the twinning between Combloux and Concarneau, this unique festival creates a bridge between the mountains and the sea by bringing together Savoyards and Bretons around shared stories and experiences. Through round tables, debates and screenings, it highlights those who shape these sometimes extreme environments.
4th edition of the Combloranes Meetings
The know-how of the Pays du Mont-Blanc and Brittany will be in the spotlight in Combloux June 13, 14 and 15, 2025. This 4th edition will highlight the evolution of practices in these two regions, from tradition to innovation. Emblematic figures will share their journey and the challenges they have faced to adapt their practices to the demands of the 21st century.e century, while remaining major players in their territory. An event to note from now on.
The program of the 2025 edition
Friday June 13
- 18:00 p.m.: Screening of the film “20 years without my farm” directed in 2022 by Céline Dréan and Jean-Jacques Rault, co-production: “ANA FILMS and Mille et une films”, in the presence of the director. A farmer for seventeen years in central Brittany, Jean-Jacques Rault opens the door to a farm and a history left at the beginning of the 2000s for economic reasons.
Saturday June 14
9:30 a.m.: Screening of the film: “La ferme des Bertrand” directed in 2023 by Gilles Perret and Marion Richoux, production: “Jour 2fête”, nominated for the Césars 2025, in the presence of the director. "Gilles Perret's film traces fifty years in the life of a farm in Haute-Savoie; a family saga told through the words and actions of the people who have succeeded one another."
11:00 a.m.: Round table 1 – Being a farmer in Brittany and in the mountains in 2025 "Two stories that are at once intimate, social and economic from our farming world: how can we maintain the values and know-how of traditional agriculture in the face of today's constraints and challenges?"
- Gilles Perret, director Haute-Savoie
- Jean-Jacques Rault, director of Côtes d’Armor
- Carine Brondex, Combloux Farmers Association
14:30 p.m.: Round table 2 – High technology facing new challenges "Through the history of three national and international companies, how can we remain competitive while offering high-end technology and maintaining sustainable and consistent ethics?"
- Claude Anthoine, former CEO of the company Anthogyr Sallanches
- Denis Bourbigot, creator of the IDBmarine Concarneau shipyard
16:30 p.m.: Round table 3 – Two family sagas across mountains and seas “From an innovative idea, how did two companies conquer the world while respecting family and eco-responsible ethics?”
- François Bertholom, former CEO of the company Guy Cotten Concarneau
- Bruno Legras, CEO of Simond SAS Chamonix
Sunday, June 15
11:00 a.m.: Round table 4 – Granitors or granite workers? Stone cutters "From Concarneau to Combloux, the story of ancestral know-how from yesterday to today, part of the heritage of these two territories. What is the evolution and what are the prospects for this profession?"
- Christine Burnier, Savoie Mont-Blanc heritage guide
- Pascal Pouliquen, granite worker Concarneau
- Bruno and Siméon Laurenzio, granite workers Combloux
14:30 p.m.: Round table 5 – Endangered know-how: mountain cheeses and artisanal fishing “Feeding: through a long history of defending their know-how, how do Breton fishermen and mountain breeders adapt to the new rules and constraints of their professions?”
- Alain Le Sann, history professor and head of the “Peaches and Development” collective in Lorient
- Jean-Marc Girard, GAEC “Le Mont Chauffé” in Abondance
16:30 a.m.: Round table 6 – The company at the service of leisure and performance “How did two companies come to serve athletes and performance in the face of two natural elements: snow and the sea?”
- Camille Jaccoux, co-founder of the ski brand Black Crows Chamonix
- Julien Regnier, designer at Black Crows Chamonix
- Emmanuel Poisson-Quinton, development manager at Explore Concarneau
Debates illustrated live by Nono and Georges Million, press cartoonists.
Coming soon to the Musée de la Pente
Exposition photographique d’Eric Bouvet et Michel Thersiquel
Practical information for attending the Combloranes Meetings
Free entry to all round tables and screenings. Giant sardine, crepes, fries, Concarneau products, yard sale Saturday and Sunday organized by the Combloux Concarneau twinning.
