MajorDocs 2025 announces complete winners of 7th edition
MajorDocs has announced the winners of its seventh edition, with jury honors shared for the first time in the festival’s
Cinéma du réel
Located in Paris, France
Cinéma du réel mixes documentary, essay, and experimentation in selections that reflect the diversity of genres and forms of the cinematographic approach in the world. It is one of the rare documentary film festivals that emphasises the heritage and the memory of the genre, while bringing them into dialogue with contemporary creation.
The Words Women Spoke One Day
REVOLUTION: The silenced narratives of Algeria’s FLN female fighters and their erasure from history post-independence.
The revolution may very well be televised
RESISTANCE How liberation theology inspired millions of Latin American Christians to engage in 20th-century political struggles, challenging traditional Church-Power dynamics for earthly justice.
Beldocs unveils full 2023 programme
The 2023 edition of #Beldocs, the boutique Eastern European film festival focusing on non-fiction cinema, promises to be a vibrant
Beirut, which exists only in dreams
BEIRUT: Short doc crafts a visceral portrait of post-war Beirut.
Brutalism 101
ARCHITECTURE: Exploring the dual character of architectural modernism through the tension between the avant-garde and political propaganda.
Cinéma du Réel readies full programme for 2023 festival
Cinéma du Réel is back from 24 March to 2 April with a lineup of over 120 films that aim
Previewing the 45th Cinéma du réel
Each year, Cinéma du réel presents to the public documentary films from all over the world, offering a wide range
«We will never take for granted how wonderful it is to be able to be together, in person, in a cinema»
OPEN CITY: Modern Times Review spoke with Festival Director María Palacios Cruz on the first post-pandemic edition, as well as her own introductions to creative documentaries and more.
The earth doesn’t lie
COLONIALISM: Charting the French civil rights movement and the interwoven anti-colonial liberation struggles on the African continent through the life of activist and photographer, Bouba Touré.
Asian documentary forum Docs by the Sea concludes 2022 edition; presents awards
Amidst recovering from Covid-19-related challenges, Docs by the Sea 2022 soared to new heights as it entered its 6th edition.
New cinematic form for a better world
DISSENT: The hybrid Cinéma du réel Grand Prize winner follows an all-female gang who roam one of Brazil’s biggest favelas selling cheap fuel.