It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Françoise Foucault, a key figure in the Bilan du film ethnographique, which became the Jean Rouch International Festival in 2008. For years, right up until 2010, as the Bilan du film ethnographique followed immediately after Cinéma du réel in March, Françoise would pay …
Festival Ciné-Palestine, Marseille 27-31 May and Paris and Île-de-France 5-14 June, 2026, programmes several films presented during Cinéma du réel 2026 either in competition or as part of the programme Palestine: Ways of Refusal: In Marseille: In Paris and Île-de-France: More info on the festival’s website: festivalpalestine.paris/en/
Alain Gomis’s film Dao, screened in a special showing at Cinéma du réel 2026, hits theaters this Wednesday, April 29! Production: Les Films du Worso, Srab Films, Yennenga Production, Nafi Films, Telecine Bissau ProduçõesDistribution: Jour2Fête Reserve your seats here
Join us for L’ARP’s latest “Soirée de la Création,” dedicated to documentary film. This event will provide an opportunity to explore the intersections between creation, production, distribution, and programming, and to reflect together on what documentary film reveals about the world… and how we view it. Among the panelists will be Catherine Bizern, General Delegate …
Through its documentary selection committee, Images en bibliothèques supports numerous films each year that are made available to the network via partner catalogs.The committee met on January 26, 2026, to review films from the competition section of the 47th edition of Cinéma du réel. The eight films from Cinéma du réel 2025 supported by the …
Hot Docs International Canadian Documentary Film Festival, Toronto, 25 April – 3 May, 2026, is screening To Hold a Mountain by Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić. The film was shown in a special screening at Cinéma du réel 2026. More info on Hot Docs.
The Visions du Réel Festival – Nyon, Switzerland, April 17-26, 2026 – programmes four films presented in the Cinéma du réel section: More info on Visions du réel
The Spanish festival Punto de Vista – Pamplona, Iruña, April 20-25, 2026 – programmes five films screened at Cinéma du réel: More info on Punto de Vista
