To make your festival experience as smooth as possible, please read all of the practical information below before organising your trip. Specific arrangements apply to the accredited public.
PICKING UP YOUR BADGE
You can pick up your badge at the Accreditation Desk located at L’Arlequin cinema (76 rue de Rennes). The desk will be open :
- on Friday 21 March, from 7pm to 8pm
- from 22 to 29 March, from 12pm to 9pm
HOW TO BOOK
Your accreditation grants you free acess to ParisDOC and Festival conversations. Rerun of the awarded films will not be available for to online booking, you will need to collect a free ticket from the venue manager.
Accreditation holders are required to reserve their seats on Eventbrite. This will enable you to obtain a free ticket, which, together with your badge, is required to enter the screening.
- Booking is open from midday two days before the screening/event to midday the day before the screening/event.
For example, for a screening or event on Thursday 27 at 4pm, you will need to book between midday on Tuesday 25 and midday on Wednesday 26.
- To book, you will need to enter your surname, first name and accreditation number.
- Bookings are limited to a maximum of four tickets per person per day. Tickets reserved in excess of this quota will be cancelled and made available to others.
- Please note that you will not receive your ticket via Eventbrite. You must pick up your free ticket at the Festival Info Point of the corresponding venue on the day of your screening/event, up to 15 minutes before the start time. After this time, your seat will be made available to others.
If you haven’t booked your seat in advance, or have arrived at the Festival Info Point less than 15 minutes in advance of the screening, you can:
- Go to the box office of the venue and buy a reduced-rate ticket on presentation of your accreditation or use a cinema membership card if you have one (more information on the subject here)
- Join the “last minute” queue at each cinema (entry not guaranteed)
FESTIVAL INFO POINTS
Opening
From 22 to 29 March, an hour before the first screening of the festival in the cinema.
L’Arlequin
76 Rue de Rennes, Paris 6th
Reflet Médicis
3 Rue Champollion, Paris 5th
Saint-André des Arts
12 rue Gît-le-Coeur, Paris 6th
Christine Cinéma Club
4 Rue Christine, Paris 6th
Alliance Française de Paris
101 boulevard Raspail
Subject to availability, YOUR ACCREDITATION GIVES YOU ACCESS to:
- the entire program, upon reservation via Eventbrite
- the ParisDOC professional events: Morning sessions, Public Forum, Classic documentary film rendez-vous, professional debates, upon presentation of your accreditation badge
- Festival conversations, upon presentation of your accreditation badge
- Professional drinks
- Opening night (booking required)
As an accreditation holder, you’ll receive the Agenda : a daily reminder of the screenings available for reservation during the festival, occasionally supplemented by the highlights of the coming days. You can also subscribe to the Cinéma du réel newsletter (see form at the bottom of this page) to receive the next day’s program every evening.