AWARDED BY THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM JURY Cinéma du réel Grand PrizeFunded by the Bibliothèque publique d’information (€ 5,000) and the Procirep (€ 3,000), and awarded to one feature film from both International and French Selections. Dry Ground Burning (Mato seco em chamas) Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós Andrade / 2022 / Brazil, Portugal / 150 min …
It’s no coincidence that the main place for venting demands is the street; no coincidence if the powers that be are making the street increasingly inaccessible: its conquest is always the start of a victory of the right to be ourselves and to change ourselves by changing a society and its territory. The films we …
Following the two online editions of 2020 and 2021, this 44th edition returns to theaters. It will hence return to guests, events, and discussions with the public, in a word: to togetherness. Building on the experience of the two previous years, Cinéma du réel will be offering an “enhanced” version of the festival. Discover our teaser realized …
We are glad to announce the ParisDOC Works-in-Progress 2022 selection! These are 9 feature documentaries, French and international, selected at different stages of production. Works-in-Progress supports the distribution and promotion of feature documentaries by connecting directors, producers and broadcasters at a decisive stage in the production process.
Avant-premiere preceding their release in theaters, french premieres of films recognized by major festivals, and other curiosities. Every day of the festival, these Special screenings are conceived as events, always in presence of the filmmakers.
For its return to theatres, Cinéma du Réel is thrilled to present a french selection of 21 films in competition and to be once again able to host public Q&As with the people who made them.Regulars of the festival will be joined by a number of newcomers who stood out over the viewing of the 1,600 films taken …
For its return to theatres, Cinéma du Réel is thrilled to present an international selection of 20 films in competition and to be once again able to host public Q&As with the people who made them.Regulars of the festival will be joined by a number of newcomers who stood out over the viewing of the 1,600 films taken into …
We are pleased to inform you that you can send us your accreditation request for the 44th edition of Cinéma du réel. Deadline to do so is February, 28th. All accreditations are accessible to professionals of the industry ( 50€) and journalists or critiques (free) upon presentation of a supporting document. CREDENTIAL ADVANTAGES Access to : …
Dieudo Hamadi, selected at Berlin and Cannes, and Hassen Ferhani, award-winner at Locarno, are not just the two African documentarists now recognised by the “major” Western festivals. They are also spearheading a new wave of filmmaking that offers Africa the mirror of its own image and upends representations. This burgeoning documentary Africa, stretching from the …
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.