Cinéma du réel Archives

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.

CINÉMA DU RÉEL 2002: The ART(E) of Representing Reality

Anette Olsen / June 1, 2002

For a decade the cultural channel ARTE has been broadcasting high quality documentaries to European audiences. Considered elitist by some and truly creative by others, ARTE programmes explore a wide range of subjects and promote the individual touch. At this year’s documentary film festival Cinéma du Réel in Paris, nine Arte co-productions were on the programme. Although not all were creatively impressive, they had something to offer from a sociological and ethnological perspective.

Cinéma du réel, Claude Mouriéras, Dominique Gros, Jean-Marie Barbe, Julie Bertucelli, Mireille Abramovici

SEPIDEH FARSI: Taking Risks for Artistic Freedom

Emma Baus / July 1, 2001

Selected for the Cinéma du Réel, FIPA, and the Festival Dei Popoli, Homi D Sethna Filmmaker is one of those delicate, self-made films which only reach the public at documentary film festivals. A portrait of an old man, an Indian filmmaker and above all a fervent humanist, the documentary displays an extremely moving intimacy.

Cinéma du réel, Sepideh Farsi

Cinema du Réel 2000: From Paris with Love

Ulla Jacobsen / December 9, 2000

From March 10 to 19, the newly re-opened Pompidou Centre in Paris hosted a wide variety of docs spanning from a series on ‘love’ to a competition programme that offered screen-time to the outcasts of the world. ULLA JACOBSEN reports.

Cinéma du réel, Ebrahim Mokhtari, Laurie Collyer, Magnus Isacsson, Tod S. Lending

CINÉMA DU RÉEL 1999: The Terrain of the Real

Emma Baus / August 25, 1999

In its 21st edition, held March 5 – 14 in Paris, Cinéma du Réel featured a significant number of works by young filmmakers

Cinéma du réel, filmmaking, French