ParisDOC Works-in-Progress actively supports the distribution, promotion and placement of feature documentaries by linking, at a key stage of the production process, project holders (filmmakers and producers) to industry professionals.
You are working on a feature-length documentary project between the final editing and the post-production stage, looking for festival programmers, sales agents, distributors, TV or VOD broadcaster or exhibitors:
Contact us to attend to ParisDOC Works-In-Progress 2026:
Fee : 20€
Registration closes : 7 January 2026
Selection announcement: mid-February 2026
Contact : cinereel-parisdoc@bpi.fr | 01 44 78 43 34
The films progress, are selected according to their stage of production, their needs and potential in terms of diffusion, as well as their concordance with the editorial line of Cinéma du réel.
The selected films in progress have the opportunity to be screened, once, in their entirety, between the 25 and 26 March.
The professional audience is made up of carefully selected French and international experts, playing an active and strategic role in the distribution and placement of new films in the industry : festival programmers, sales agents, distributors, TV or VOD broadcaster or exhibitors.
Each screening is followed by a discussion time, which may take the form of an informal meeting.
With a tailor-made offer, ParisDOC Works-In-Progress is a unique opportunity for project holders to reflect and build the right path for their film in a favorable environment, and for professionals to have exclusive access to new promising projects.
Browse the ParisDOC Works-in-Progress 2025 selection here, and previous selections here.
In order to best support the selected projects, Studio Orlando is a partner of ParisDOC Works-In-Progress. As such, one of the selected projects benefits from post-production support (sound mix or color grading) from studio Orlando.
Projects selected for ParisDOC Works-In-Progress 2026 receive free registration for the Directors’ Fortnight 2026 to be considered by the selection comittee.
Cinéma du réel invites three experts to exchange with the project holders. As peers, they share analyses and recommendations. In previous editions, ParisDOC Works-in-Progress has been delighted to welcome Richard Copans, Marie-Pierre Duhamel-Muller, Annette Dutertre, Davide Oberto, Guillaume Morel, Antonio Pezzuto, and Claire Simon.
You are a professional engaged in an activity related to film distribution and broadcast: festival programmers, sales agents, distributors, TV or VOD broadcasters, and exhibitors? Contact us to attend ParisDOC Works-in-Progress 2026: cinereel-parisdoc@bpi.fr