From 24 March to 2 April, Cinéma du Réel invites you to experience the world and cinema through more than 120 films. It will give a multi-faceted image of the blooming field of documentary, turn the spotlight on the works of Jean-Pierre Gorin, Franssou Prenant and Olivier Zabat, dive into the adventure of direct cinema …
This selection is dedicated to documentary debuts from young creators enrolled film studies or creating outside of any specific training environment. Showcasing a selection of first films, this section is also dedicated to putting the spotlight on emerging practices. The films are shown in theatres over the course of the festival, they are also available online on …
Other experiences, other perspectives, other visions: Franssou Prenant, Olivier Zabat and Jean-Pierre Gorin. Three unconventional paths traced at a tangent of the film industry, weaving together an artistic, political, and sensible journey, and all sharing an understanding of film as “an intensive penetration of reality.” The films of Franssou Prenant are journeys through time and space, through …
4th EDITION | MARCH 31 2023 We are pleased to announce the selection ofEuropean Classic Documentary Film Rendez-Vous ParisDOC 2023! Friday, March 31 at Centre Pompidou(Petite Salle – Forum -1) 11h30-13h30: Round-table “How research redefines film history” 15h30-18h: Presentation of upcoming documentary restorations projects 20h30: Preview: Genèse d’un repas de Luc Moullet, 1978 (new restoration) The first Préludes prize will be awarded during the festival’s award …
Opening night, closing night, sneak previews and French premieres of films acclaimed in the biggest international festivals.Special screenings celebrating the work of Jean-Louis Comolli, the restoration of Luc Moullet’s Genèse d’un repas and the work of Amos Gitai, 40 years after House first premiered at Cinéma du Réel.Two very special sessions showcasing radio pieces in documentary and fiction, in …
Since 2014, Cinéma du réel has been encouraging the distribution of documentaries and promoting connections between those who make the films and those who work to distribute them. i œuvrent à leur diffusion. For its 10th edition, ParisDOC presents 6 feature-length documentary projects, French and international, at different stages of work, from editing to post-production. TO THE WEST, …
Parallel to the screenings and discussions, visitors of the 45th edition of Cinéma du Réel can also embark on two paths off the beaten track. The first of the two brings visitors face-to-face with the 45 documentary filmmakers photographed by Stefano Missio, whereas the second invites them to experience a state of in-betweenness, a moment …
The story told by these films is not that of another world to be attained, but of our own world, differently, in a splendid gesture that desecrates the dominant systems. Amit Dutta, Antoine d’Agata, Sharon Lockhart, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Pierre Creton, Ben Russell & Ben Rivers, Luis López Carrasco and Fern Silva all chart a global cinematic …
Year after year, Cinéma du réel presents the public with the best and most innovative documentary productions worldwide, and brings together the professionals making them across the globe. Thanks to an out-of-competition selection of rare, heritage, and contemporary films, Cinéma du réel helps to understand formal developments and experiments in connection with the history of cinema.
EN NOUS, Régis Sauder’s latest film, will open the 44th edition of Cinéma du réel The film marks the reunion, ten years later, with the young protagonists of Nous, Princesses de Clèves. “Cinéma du Réel festival will open less than a fortnight before the first round of the presidential elections. A strange and frightening context if we …
AHLAN WA SAHLAN by Lucas Vernier, French selection at the 2020 edition of Cinéma du réel is selected in the category Panorama of Contemporary Documentary Cinema at FIDBA. You can watch it for free from the 3rd of january till the 10th by clicking here.