CÉSAR 2026
Two films from Cinéma du réel, among the 12 short documentaries selected, are competing for the Best Short Documentary Film César 2026: More infos
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Soundtrack to a coup d’état – French theatrical release
Johann Grimonprez’ film Soundtrack to a coup d’état, film in competition Cinéma du réel 2024, is theatrically released in France on Wednesday 1 October, 2025. Distributor: Les Valseurs
Les Rencontres cinématographiques des Belvédères 2025
The festival Les Rencontres cinématographiques des Belvédères, Collioure, Port-Vendres, Cerbère, Portbou, France and Spain, October 2025, programme 3 films presented in competition during the 2025 edition of Cinéma du réel:
Cinémondes 2025
Cinémondes Festival, Abbeville, France, September – October 2025, programmes 5 films presented as part of the last editions of Cinéma du réel: Cinémondes complete programme here.
Femmes en résistance Festival 2025
The festival Femmes en résistance, Arcueil, France, September 2025, programmes two films presented as part of the First Window section of Cinéma du réel 2025:
Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine 2025
The Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine, France, September 2025, has selected David Beltrán i Marí’s film Al Oeste, en Zapata, programmed as part of ParisDOC’s Works-in-Progress, Cinéma du réel 2023.
DMZ Film Festival 2025
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, Goyang, South Korea, September 2025, awarded two films programmed during the past editions of Cinéma du réel: DMZ has also screened eight other films programmed during the 2025 edition of Cinéma du réel:
The submissions for the 48th edition of Cinéma du réel are open!
Cinéma du réel competition is a selection of up to twenty international documentary films of all durations which choose to begin their career in France at Cinéma du réel and up to twenty French documentary films of all durations which choose to launch themselves on the road to world festivals at Cinéma du réel.Such a carefully curated …
