Punto de Vista – Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Navarra 2026
The Spanish festival Punto de Vista – Pamplona, Iruña, April 20-25, 2026 – programmes five films screened at Cinéma du réel: More info on Punto de Vista
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Festival du Cinéma de Brive 2026 – Rencontres internationales du moyen métrage
Brive Film Festival – Brive-la-Gaillarde, April 20–25, 2026 – programmes two films screened in competition at Cinéma du réel 2026: More info on Festival du Cinéma de Brive
A big thanks to our partners
We would like to warmly thank our partners for their support during this 48th edition. We look forward to seeing you in March 2027 for the next edition of Cinéma du réel! Cinéma du réel thanks HartlandVilla for its graphic design creation. Centre Pompidou | L’Arlequin | Reflet Médicis | Le Saint-André des Arts | Fondation des …
Discover the 48th edition award list
THE FEATURE FILM JURY AWARDS Cinéma du réel Grand Prix 2026 Funded by the Bibliothèque publique d’information (€ 5,000) and the Procirep (€ 3,000). London by Sebastian Brameshuber Cinéma du réel International Award 2026 Funded by the association Les Amis du Cinéma du réel (5,000€). Levers by Rhayne Vermette Cnap Award for French films 2026 …
Special screenings of the 48th edition
OpeningNUESTRA TIERRA by Lucrecia Martel2025 | Argentina, United-States, Mexico, France, Netherlands, Denmark | 119′ ClosingEN NOUS by Juliette Binoche2025 | France | 127′ WE ARE THE FRUITS OF THE FOREST by Rithy Panh2025 | France, Cambodia | 87′ UN HIVER RUSSE by Patric Chiha2026 | France | 86′ TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN by Biljana Tutorov & Petar Glomazić2026 | Serbia, …
Classical Documentary Films Rendez-vous Programme
Friday 27 March | La Clef Acces upon inscription 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.: the Classical documentary: meet the key players With: Brice Amouroux, restoration manager at INA, and Laurence Braunberger, chief and producer at Films du Jeudi. Moderation: Antoine Guillot, journalist and producer of Plan large – France Culture 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.: Restoration projects Presentation of …
Selection | ParisDOC Works-in-Progress 2026
For its 13th 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 and distributors. …
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 21 to 28 March, the thirteen films will be shown in theatres giving young …
Accreditations requests are open
Accreditation and student pass requests are now closed. For inquiry about a press accreditation please con,tact Catherine Giraud (catgiraud@gmail.com). If you don’t have an accreditation, you can attend screenings by buying tickets at the cinemas box offices (physical or digital). Carnets de 10 séances (10 screenings pack) are available at L’Arlequin and at Reflet Médicis …
48th edition D-39 : films in Competition
Running from 7 to 117 minutes, from Cambodia to Canada, from Chile to South Korea, the 37 films in Competition will once again showcase contemporary documentary in all its diversity, as world, international or French premieres. AN INCOMPLETE CALENDAR by Sanaz SohrabiCanada, Iran, Turkey, Venezuela | 77’ | World premiere AND IF THE BODY by Toby LeeUnited-States | 27’ | International premiere …
Programme preview | 48th edition
Every year, Cinéma du réel welcomes filmmakers from all over the world who are making contemporary documentary films. The programme reflects formal developments and experiments in the documentary field in the context of the history of cinema. These rare and previously unseen films, which challenge us to consider the state of the world today, can …
Anatomy of a Portrait at Milano Film Network’s Atelier
Congratulations to Anatomy of a Portrait (ParisDOC Works-in-Progress 2025) by Mattia Colombo and Francesco Clerici! The film recently won two awards at L’atelier MFN (Milano Film Network): Best Film in Post-Production and the M74 Award, which provides dedicated visual effects support. The full award list is available here.