FIA 26: tomorrow, Saint-Joseph becomes the Caribbean capital of animation!

It’s tomorrow! On Tuesday, October 27, from 9 am to 6:45 pm, the Hall des Sports in Saint-Joseph hosts the big day of the Festival de l’Image Animée de la Caraïbe (Caribbean Animated Image Festival). Animated film, video games, virtual reality: FAIA Martinique (the federation of Martinique’s animation professionals) and the town of Saint-Joseph have put together a programme that makes you want to stay from morning to night. Six sessions with professionals, tournaments, exhibitors, game creation, traditional games, an awards ceremony… and it’s open to the public. Congratulations to the teams, we’ll be there!

All day, 9 am to 6:45 pm

The hall runs non-stop:

• exhibitors to meet;
• video game creation;
• traditional games;
• two Nomad’ LAN tournaments, run by Lan.est.party, Martinique’s gaming and esports community: a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tournament and a FIFA 26 tournament. Sign up, play and win prizes!

10 am: generative AI, opportunity or disruption?

The day opens with THE question of the moment: “Generative AI: a creative opportunity or an industrial disruption for Caribbean creators?”. Three entrepreneurs from the islands take it on:

• Kimberley Demagny, founder of ArTech Education (Guadeloupe);
• Nicolas Hauterville, founder of 360fwi (Martinique);
• Gary Bissol, founder of BYSS GROUP (Martinique).

11 am: communities serving talent

“French Tech Martinique, Hubmonster and Oliwon Design: communities serving the territory and its talent”. A panel close to our hearts, since we believe Caribbean talent is stronger together:

• Marwane Bejgane, president of French Tech Martinique;
• Xavier Simacourbe, president of Hubmonster;
• Maïna Albert, co-founder and co-president of Oliwon Design.

2 pm: building a video game business from the Caribbean

Stève Simon, CEO and game director of Kouraj Créative (Martinique), shares how to build a video game studio from here. A valuable talk for anyone dreaming of launching their own project.

3 pm: “The Chicken and the Easter Egg”

Behind this playful title, Georges-Emmanuel Arnaud, art director at Anisotropie and founder of Cariality Studio (Martinique), promises an hour of behind-the-scenes stories and surprises.

4 pm: Martinique and the Caribbean in the global games industry

Guillaume Brunier, animation and video game producer at Ubisoft, based in Martinique, presents “The strengths of Martinique and the Caribbean in the global video game industry”. A major international studio’s view of our islands: not to be missed.

5:30 pm: the Game Jam 2026 awards

The moment every participant has been waiting for: Game Jam MQ 2026 announces its winners. Congratulations in advance to every team that imagined, coded and drew their games!

What’s next?

The festival goes on! From Wednesday, October 28, it moves to Tropiques Atrium in Fort-de-France, with a short film screening at 4 pm, the “Best of Annecy What the Fuck 2026” (free entry), followed by the opening night at 7 pm. The full programme is on fia-caraibe.com.

For professionals

Animators, modellers, riggers, game designers, developers, motion capture specialists: your jobs are part of the CFCDb role list. Tomorrow is the perfect time to meet the studios, schools and communities on site… and to update your profile before you go.

Thank you

Thanks to FAIA Martinique, the town of Saint-Joseph and all the festival’s partners, including the Collectivité Territoriale de Martinique, the Préfecture de la Martinique, Cap Nord Martinique, Tropiques Atrium, Crédit Mutuel, Air Caraïbes, Carrefour Martinique, Lan.est.party, CFA M.A.N.S. and Unreal Engine. See you tomorrow in Saint-Joseph!

Visuals: FIA 26, FAIA Martinique and Ville de Saint-Joseph.