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Presentation of the 43rd edition of Cinéma du réel

For one year now, we have been facing the Covid-19 health crisis along with all the uncertainties and upheavals that managing it has entailed. The festival’s preparation, the programming for this edition and the dematerialised format we are proposing have all been determined by this crisis situation. This year, the people who make the festival …

FRENCH SELECTION

After the 2020 festival switched to its online edition – and, of course, we’re all impatient to find our way back into the film theatres – Cinéma du réel is proposing a singular, unifying and enhanced form for this year’s festival: CANALRÉEL. We’re hoping that this online festival will be enriching, almost the same as …

INTERNATIONAL SELECTION

After the 2020 festival switched to its online edition – and, of course, we’re all impatient to find our way back into the film theatres – Cinéma du réel is proposing a singular, unifying and enhanced form for this year’s festival: CANALRÉEL. We’re hoping that this online festival will be enriching, almost the same as …

ParisDOC Works-in-Progress – Submissions are open !

8th edition EXPANDED EDITION March 16 to 18, 2021 A tailored platform to consider, discuss and plan the career of your film The ParisDOC Works-in-Progress is a tailored platform dedicated to feature documentaries linking, at a key stage of the production process, project holders (filmmakers and producers) to industry professionals. A unique opportunity for project holders to …

Submissions for the 43rd edition of Cinéma du réel will close soon!  

YOU MAY SUBMIT YOUR FILM TO THE 43RD CINEMA DU REEL (MARCH 12th to 21st, 2021) UNTIL NOVEMBER 1st >> Submission Form Here are the deadlines: Online submission duly completed by November 1st 2020 For films still under completion by the time of submission, viewing material to be sent by December 1st 2020 Please take note of this information: The …

The submissions for the 43rd edition of Cinéma du réel are now open!  

 You may submit your film to the 43rd Cinéma du réel (March 12th to 21st 2020) >> SUBMISSION FORM Please take note of these informations : The films submitted must have been completed after January 15th 2020 Only films never screened in France (French premieres) are eligible for the International Selection, that is films that have never been screened …

Cinéma du réel and *DUUU

Cinéma du réel and *DUUU radio start a new partnership with the outdoor screenings of four films of the French selection of the 2020 Edition of the festival. 8.30pm interviews with the filmmakers, by Pauline Rigal 10.00pm Outdoor screenings & and live on www.duuuradio.fr ————————————– Thursday July 16th – 10.00pm LA FABRIQUE DES MONSTRES, Malak Maatoug …

Awards I 42nd Cinéma du réel

Despite the Covid-19 health crisis, Cinéma du réel has decided to keep the festival and its awards alive online. AWARDED BY THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY JURY : The feature documentary film jury comprised the following members: Florian Caschera (musician and composer, aka Sing Sing), Stéphane Mercurio (filmmaker), Hania Mroué (director of the Métropolis film theatre, Beirut), Terutaro Osanaï (producer), Cristina Piccino …

Cinéma du réel is cancelled

Dear festival-goers, friends of the Réel and documentary cinema, Following the latest recommendations of the public authorities, and in agreement with the Bibliothèque publique d’information and the Centre Pompidou, we are taking the difficult decision to cancel this 42nd edition of Cinéma du reel. In the current context, it has become impossible to ensure the festival’s …

Screening time change for “The Works and Days”

Curtis W. Winter and Anders Edström’s film, “The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)”, originally programmed at 2:30pm on  Tuesday Marsh 17th in Cinéma 2 is now schedulled at 1:00pm (same day same auditorium).  

[Nicolas Klotz and Élisabeth Perceval retrospective at the Centre Pompidou]

The Centre Pompidou is organizing, from December 2nd 2021 until January 2nd 2022, a retrospective of films by Nicolas Klotz and Élisabeth Perceval, of which Cinéma du réel has programmed several works during the last editions of the festival: Hamlet en Palestine, Nicolas Klotz and Thomas Ostermaier, French competition Cinéma du réel 2017. L’Héroïque Lande, …