A sense of place
UNITED STATES: A portrait of today’s USA through immaculately composed shots of landscape, cityscape and the spaces in between.
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.
«All these moments we have missed for two years are essential for all of us»
Cinéma du réel: Ahead of the 44th edition, Modern Times Review spoke with Artistic Director, Catherine Bizern on this year’s physical festival, its place within the wider festival landscape, and more.
Cinéma du réel spotlights African documentary new wave with 2022 focus
Dieudo Hamadi was selected at both #Berlinale and #Cannes; #Hassen Ferhani# was awarded at #Locarno. These are only two African
Whose revolution?
FEMINISM: Following a string of sexual assaults, As I Want documents a burgeoning women’s rebellion.
Cinéma du réel 2021: The complete winners
The awards for the 43rd Cinéma du réel were handed out on Sunday evening, 21 March 2021. Featuring prizes for
Our tomorrow
CHINA: Wuhan, the epicenter of Covid-19, wakes up from its lockdown to continue its drive as a city of the future.
Neither the sea nor the sand
SOCIETY: With a country and neighbourhood changing in strange and scary ways, residents of Venice Beach, California express their views of the world.
The «Revolt of Dignity»
MIGRANTS: Returning to the origins of the gospel and staging it as a passion play for the rights of migrants.
Cinéma du réel announces international & French competition titles for 43rd edition
For 2021, Cinéma du réel is proposing a singular, unifying, and enhanced form for this year’s one festival: CANALRÉEL. The
Landscapes of Resistance
TRAUMA: An unorthodox documentary on the exceptional journey of one of Serbia’s first female partisans, who helped lead the resistance in Auschwitz.
Paradise lost
ENVIRONMENT: A single man wields enough power to uproot the living artifacts of his country’s collective history and memory.