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Award list | 45th edition

Préludes award 2023 PRÉLUDES AWARD FOR DIGITALISATION | Prove di Stato by Leonardo di Costanzo We have chosen to award a moving documentary about a mayor in Italy who is trying to change the habits of a corrupt system. The jury unanimously commended the quality of this documentary, both in form and content. The pertinence of …

The Opening night of the festival will not happen

Today is a day of citizen mobilisation The Centre Pompidou is closed,We will be at the protest. The Opening night of the festival will not happen. The screening of PARADISE by Alexandre Abaturov, opening film of the 45th edition of Cinéma du réel is moved to Sunday april 2nd at 5:00 pm – Centre Pompidou …

Ticket sales for the 45th edition have started

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 …

Programme | First window

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 …

The World, differently | Retrospectives

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 …

Sélection ParisDOC | European Classic Documentary Film Rendez-Vous 

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 …

Programme | Special Screenings

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 …

Selection ParisDOC | Works-in-Progress

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, …

Interludes

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 …

Programme | The world, differently

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 …

44th edition – Programme preview

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.

Cinéma du réel 2022 : Opening film announcement

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 …