> International Competition >>> 7 films

Autrement, la Molussie (Differently, Molussia) by Nicolas Rey (France, 81’, 2012)
Bestiaire by Denis Côté (Canada, 72’, 2012)
Le Camp (The Camp) by Jean-Frédéric De Hasque (Belgium, 102’, 2012)
Dao lu (Pathway) by Xu Xin (China, 113’, 2011)
Lecciones para una guerra (Lessons for a War) by Juan Manuel Sepúlveda (Mexico, 97’, 2011)
Orquestra geraçao (Generation Orchestra) by Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra (Portugal, 63’, 2011)
Two Years at Sea by Ben Rivers (United Kingdom, 88’, 2011)

> International First Films Competition >>> 8 films

A nossa forma de vida (The Way We Are) by Pedro Filipe Marques (Portugal, 91’, 2011)
East Hastings Pharmacy by Antoine Bourges (Canada, 46’, 2011)
Espoir-Voyage by Michel K. Zongo (Burkina Faso / France, 82’, 2011)
Five Broken Cameras by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi (France / Israel / Palestine, 90’, 2011)
Habiter / Construire (Living / Building) by Clémence Ancelin (France, 117’, 2011)
Self-portrait: at km 47 by Zhang Mengqi (China, 77’, 2011)
Soreiyu no kodomotachi (Children of Soleil) by Yoichiro Okutani (Japan, 107’, 2011)
The Vanishing Spring Light by Xun Yu (China / Canada, 112’, 2011)

> International Short Films Competition >>> 11 films

Los animales (The Animals) by Paola Buontempo ( Argentina, 8’, 2011)
Automne by Dmitri Makhomet (France, 26’, 2012)
Dochters (Daughters) by Marta Jurkiewicz (Netherlands, 23’, 2011)
Dusty Night by Ali Hazara (Afghanistan, 20’, 2011)
Earth by Victor Asliuk (Belarus, 33’, 2012)
Four Months After by Yuki Kawamura (France / Japan, 12’, 2011)
Henry Hudson and His Son by Federico Vladimir Strate Pezdirc (United Kingdom / Spain, 20’, 2011)
Kako sam zapalio Simona Bolivara (The Fuse: Or How I Burnt Simon Bolivar) by Igor Drljaca (Bosnia and Herzegovina / Canada, 9’, 2011)
Mekkege karai jol (Way to Mecca) by Asel Zhuraeva (Kyrgyzstan, 19’, 2011)
River Rites by Ben Russell (United States of America / Surinam, 11’, 2011)
Snow City by Tan Pin Pin (Singapore, 15’, 2011)

> Contrechamp français >>> 9 films

Après le silence (After the Silence) what remains unsaid does not exist ? by Vanina Vignal (France / Romania, 95’, 2012)
La Cause et l'usage (The Common Place) by Dorine Brun and Julien Meunier (France, 52’, 2011)
Découverte d'un principe en case 3 (Hijacking the Box) by Guillaume Massart and Julien Meunier (France, 59’, 2012)
Le Dossier 332 by Noëlle Pujol (France / Germany, 43’, 2012)
East Punk Memories by Lucile Chaufour (France, 80’, 2012)
France, détours – ce trait c’est ton parcours (France, Detours – This Line Is Your Path) by Philippe Schwinger and Frédéric Moser (France, 53’, 2011)
L'Oiseau sans pattes (Bird Without Feet) by Valérianne Poidevin (France / Switzerland, 65’, 2011)
Tiens-moi droite by Zoé Chantre (France, 64’, 2011)
Un archipel by Marie Bouts and Till Roeskens (France, 37’, 2011)

Giovanni Cioni's film "In Purgatorio" French Panorama and Intangible Heritage Award Cinéma du réel 2010 will be theatrically released on february 1st, 2012.

It was programmed at the Etats généraux du film documentaire, Lussas, France, août 2011, at Visions du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland, April 2011, at Beurs Schouwburg, Bruxelles, Belgium, October 2010, as part of the "Festival dei Popoli in Beijing" programme, Chine, April 2010 and at the festival Terra di Cinema, Tremblay en France, March April 2010, where it received the Femis Titra Film Award.

Pascale Thirode's film "Acqua in Bocca", section French Panorama Cinéma du Réel 2010, was theatrically released in France on june 8th 2011.

It was programmed at the Rencontres documentaires de Doc'Ouest de Pléneuf-Val-André in september 2011 and it was the opening film of Mois du Film Documentaire in Besançon in november 2011.

It was also screened at the following festivals: World Islands Music and Insular Film Festival in Djerba (Tunisia, December 28-31, 2010), Festival Arte Mare de Bastia (France, November 2010), Festival Regards sur le monde de Rouen (France, October 2010), Festival international du film insulaire de Groix (France, August 2010), Festival de Cine de Granada (Spain, May 2010), Visions du Réel Film Festival de Nyon (Switzerland, April 2010), Itinérances, Alès Film Festival (France, April 2010) Festival du film méditerranéen de Tétouan (Morocco, March-April 2010).

"Acqua in Bocca" won the Ulysses Documentary Award at Cinemed 2009, Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival.

Bettina Büttner's film "Kinder", International Competition First Film Cinéma du Réel 2011 was programmed at the Rencontres Cinéma de Gindou, France, August 2011.

Alice Diop's film "La Mort de Danton", Contrechamp français and Library Award Cinéma du Réel 2011 was programmed at the Rencontres Cinéma de Gindou, France, August 2011.

Matthieu Chatellier's film "Doux amer", Contrechamp français Cinéma du Réel 2011 was programmed at the Rencontres Cinéma de Gindou, France, August 2011 and at the Rencontres documentaires de Doc'Ouest, Pléneuf-Val-André, France, September 2011.

Jahel José Guerra Roa and Victoria Molina de Carranza's film "Me Llamo Peng", International Competition Short Films Cinéma du Réel 2011 is selected at L'Alternativa, Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona, Spain, November 2011.

Ruth Beckermann's film "American Passages", International Competition Cinéma du réel 2011 is programmed at the following film festivals : Viennale, Vienna, Austria, October - November 2011, Duisburger Filmwoche, Duisburg, Germany, November 2011, Kasseler Dokumentarfilm und Videofest, Kassel, Germany, November 2011.

Ariane Doublet's film "La Pluie et le beau temps", International Competition Cinéma du réel 2011 will be theatrically released in France on November 2nd 2011. Distribution company : Les Editions Montparnasse.

It is selected at the Festival dei Popoli, Florence, Italy, November 2011.

It was programmed at the Rencontres Cinéma de Gindou, France, August 2011.

Eugenio Polgovsky's film "Los Herederos", International competition Cinéma du Réel 2009 and International Jury special mention will be theatrically released in France on September 21st 2011. Distribution company : Aloest Distribution

It was programmed at Paris Cinéma, Paris, France, July 2011, ânûû-rû âboro Festival, New-Caledonia, october-november 2009, at Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada, october 2009, DocsDF - Mexico City Documentary Film Festival, Mexico, october 2009, BAFICI Buenos Aires Film Festival, Argentina, march-april 2009 and at Visions du Réel Film Festival, Nyon, Switzerland, April 2009.

It received awards in the following film festivals : Lima International Film Festival, Peru, august 2009, FIDOCS Festival Internacional de Documentales de Santiago de Chile, Chile, June 2009, Festival de la Memoria, Tepoztlan, Mexico, June 2009, Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences, Mexico, April 2009, Guadalajara Film Festival, Mexico, February 2009, Ljubljana Film Festival, Slovenia, 2008, Indie Lisboa, Portugal, April-May 2009, DIVERCINE, Festival Internacional de Cine para Ninos y Jovenes, Urugay, 2009

It was theatrically released in Mexico by Nueva Era Films, and in the United States and Canada by Icarus Films

Marie Losier's film "The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye", First Film International Competition Cinéma du Réel 2011, will be theatrically released in France on October 26th 2011. Distribution company : Epicentre Films.

It is selected at the Viennale, Vienna, Austria, October - November 2011.

It was programmed at the following film festivals : Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, July - August 2011, FID Marseille, France, July 2011, Paris Cinéma, Paris, France, July 2011, Sheffield Doc Fest, Great Britain, June 2011, Jeonju IFF, South Korea, April - May 2011, HOT DOCS Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, April - May 2011, Indielisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2011, where it received the Feature Film Grand Prize.

Ramon Giger's film "Eine ruhige Jacke", First Films International Competition and Special mention of the First Film Jury Cinéma du Réel 2011 will be theatrically released in German speaking Switzerland on December 1st 2011. Distribution company : Cineworx.

It is selected at Milano film Festival, Italy, September 2011.

It was programmed at Docmontevideo, Uruguay, July 2011 and Visions du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland, April 2011 where it received a special mention from the Jury Regard Neuf and a special mention from the Jury Cinéma Suisse.

Aïda Maigre-Touchet's film "Elégie de Port-au-Prince", Contrechamp français Cinéma du Réel 2011 is selected at L'Alternativa, Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona, Spain, November 2011, at the Festival Cinamazonia, French Guyanna, France, November 2011, and at Jihlava Film Festival, Czech Republic, November 2011.

It will be programmed by the FOKAL Foundation, Port-au-Prince and by the French Institute in Haiti in October 2011.

It was programmed at the following film festivals : Visions du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland, April 2011, festival du film insulaire, Groix, France, August 2011, Etats généraux du film documentaire, Lussas, France, August 2011.

The film "Fragments of a Revolution", International Competition, Louis Marcorelles Award and special mention of the Young Jury Cinéma du réel 2011 was programmed at the Etats généraux du film documentaire, Lussas, France, August 2011.

Claire Angelini's film "La Guerre est proche", Contrechamp français Cinéma du réel 2011 was programmed at the Etats généraux du film documentaire, Lussas, France, août 2011.

Catherine Libert and Stefano Canapa's film "Les Champs brûlants", Contrechamp français Cinéma du réel 2011 was programmed at the Etats généraux du film documentaire, Lussas, France, August 2011.

Vania Aillon's film "La terre tremble" Short Film Competition Cinéma du Réel 2011 was programmed at Visions du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland, April 2011.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul's film "Mobile Men" Exploring Documentary Section Cinéma du réel 2011 was programmed at FID Marseille, France, July 2011.

Jonas Mekas' film "Sleepless Nights Stories" News From Section Cinéma du réel 2011 was programmed at FID Marseille, France, July 2011.