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47th edition: buy your tickets!

From 22 to 29 March, four independant cinemas will be home to Cinéma du réel. Special screenings, competition, debates, discussions.. buy your tickets now. Find all booking condition and practical information here.

47th edition D-22: special screenings

Opening night, sneak previews, French premieres of films acclaimed at A-list festivals, and other privileged encounters with both young and experienced filmmakers close to Cinéma du réel’s identity: every day, these special events bring audiences and filmmakers together and offer an exclusive chance to explore the most talked-about films of the moment. For more details …

Discover the First window films

Launched in 2019, First window is dedicated to documentary debuts and features short films of varying lengths, from young creators enrolled in art schools, university film programmes, filmmaking courses of any kind, or creating outside of any specific training environment. From 22 to 29 March, the thirteen films will be shown in theatres giving young …

Selection 2025 | ParisDOC Works-in-Progress

For its 12th edition, ParisDOC Works-in-Progress presents 6 feature-length documentary projects, French and international, at different stages of work, from editing to the end of post-production. Since 2014, Cinéma du réel has been inviting directors and producers to present their films in progress to festival programmers, VOD platforms and TV channels, sales agents, distributors and …

Request your accreditation before Wednesday 12 March

Applications for accreditation are now closed. Conditions and prices Industry professionals, get professional nominative accreditations (50€) and professional collective accreditations (70€), upon presentation of supporting documents. If you are a journalist, you are eligible for a free press accreditation, upon presentation of a press card. Applications for a student pass are no longer available. Your accreditation gives you access, within availability, to: …

47th edition D-39: films in Competition

Running from 10 to 119 minutes, from China to Canada and from France to Suriname, the 37 films in Competition will once again showcase contemporary documentary in all its diversity, as world, international or French premieres. 1 RUE ANGARSKAIA by Rostislav KirpicenkoFrance, Ukraine | 69’ | World premiere ABOUT THE PINK COCOON by Binyu WangChina | 30’ | …

Programme preview I 47th edition

Each year, Cinéma du réel brings together the filmmakers behind contemporary documentary production around the globe. Through its programme, the festival throws light on the formal developments and experiments affecting documentary filmmaking in connection with the history of film. A selection of rare or unreleased films, questioning the state of the world, to be discovered in the …

Préludes Award – Call for restoration projects

In 2023, as part of ParisDOC’s Classic Documentary Film Rendez-vous, Cinéma du réel and Préludes launched the Préludes Award, designed to support the restoration of documentary films. Préludes is an international sales and distribution company as well as a FVOD platform dedicated to debut films. In addition to distributing films, Préludes works alongside emerging filmmakers …

Cinéma du réel 2025: discover our partner venues

Cinéma du réel is pleased to announce the partner venues for its 47th edition. Next March, due to the Centre Pompidou’s closing, Cinéma du réel will leave the Beaubourg district for the Quartier latin. Four independent Parisian cinemas, four cinephile institutions, L’Arlequin, the Reflet Médicis, the Saint-André des Arts and the Christine Cinéma Club will …

Call for entries – ParisDOC Works-in-Progress 2025

The call for entries is now closed. 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. All information here.

DOC NYC, 2024

DOC NYC, New York, the USA, November 2024, programes 4 films presented during Cinéma du réel 2024 :

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