Sponsored by thriller author Karine Giebel, this edition will bring together over 60 authors for two days of meetings, discoveries, and suspense centered around the world of crime fiction. Police novels, thrillers, noir fiction, comic books, and youth literature will be featured.
The program includes: author encounters, book signing sessions, round tables, screenings, activities, and shows. The Prix Noir sur Ormesson 2026 will be awarded on Saturday, November 14 at 6 PM, in the presence of Marie-Christine Ségui, Mayor of Ormesson-sur-Marne, and Laurent Cathala, President of GPSEA and Mayor of Créteil. Five authors are nominated for this award.
The opening evening, on Friday, November 13, will feature a screening of the film Un ours dans le Jura, with Sarah Kaminsky and Niko Tackian in attendance. The nominees for the Prix Noir sur Ormesson 2026 will also be announced.
On Saturday, November 14, an interactive activity called "Chronicles of Crime" will invite visitors to solve a criminal case. The day will also include a musical performance by students from the Conservatory of Chennevières-sur-Marne at 12:30 PM.
On Sunday, November 15, the show "Natacha, polar de rue" will close the weekend. The Jean d’Ormesson Media Library will also offer a program for young people and families with three events: "Les mystères de l’Olympe" (Saturday at 3 PM), "Le Maître des Clés" (Sunday at 11 AM), and "L’espion qui en savait trop" (Sunday at 2:30 PM).
The festival will be open on Saturday, November 14 from 10 AM to 7 PM and on Sunday, November 15 from 10 AM to 6 PM. Entry is free upon online registration. More information at noirsurormesson.fr and ticketing at billetterie.ormesson.fr.
