Running from 7 to 117 minutes, from Cambodia to Canada, from Chile to South Korea, the 37 films in Competition will once again showcase contemporary documentary in all its diversity, as world, international or French premieres. AN INCOMPLETE CALENDAR by Sanaz SohrabiCanada, Iran, Turkey, Venezuela | 77’ | World premiere AND IF THE BODY by Toby LeeUnited-States | 27’ | International premiere …
Every year, Cinéma du réel welcomes filmmakers from all over the world who are making contemporary documentary films. The programme reflects formal developments and experiments in the documentary field in the context of the history of cinema. These rare and previously unseen films, which challenge us to consider the state of the world today, can …
Congratulations to Anatomy of a Portrait (ParisDOC Works-in-Progress 2025) by Mattia Colombo and Francesco Clerici! The film recently won two awards at L’atelier MFN (Milano Film Network): Best Film in Post-Production and the M74 Award, which provides dedicated visual effects support. The full award list is available here.
As part of its Fenêtre sur festivals program, La Cinémathèque du documentaire par la Bpi gives Carte blanche to Cinéma du réel. Two films that were selected in competition during the 2025 edition are being shown : Sunday November 16th at Forum des Images, Porte Saint-Eustache | 2, rue du Cinéma | 75001 Paris > 6PM – …
Annick Redolfi’s film OUTSIDE – A REVERSE VIEW ON MIGRANT DETENTITON, presented as part of the Popular Front(s) section during the 2025 edition of Cinéma du réel, was theatrically released in France on Wednesday November 12th, 2025. Production : ISKRA Distribution : D.H.R Distribution
Dominique Cabrera’s film LA JETÉE, THE FIFTH SHOT (LE CINQUIÈME PLAN DE LA JETÉE), presented as a special screening during the 2025 edition of Cinéma du réel, is theatrically released in France on Wednesday 5 November, 2025. Distributor: Les Alchimistes
Sylvain George’s trilogy NUIT OBSCURE, composed of the films FEUILLETS SAUVAGES, AU REVOIR ICI, N’IMPORTE OÙ (special screening of the 2024 edition of Cinéma du réel) and AIN’T I A CHILD?, is theatrically released in France on Wednesday 5 November, 2025. Distributor: Noir Production
Les Ecrans documentaires Film Festival, Arcueil, Gentilly, Vitry-sur-Seine, France, November 2025, programmes 3 films presented during the last editions of Cinéma du réel:
