The 44th edition of the Cinéma du Réel Festival will take place in Paris from March 11 through 20, 2022. This year's event will showcase, among the 126 films in its lineup, a competition comprising 21 French feature-length and short-format documentaries in world premiere screenings, prior to their presentation at film festivals around the world.
The festival, which will be held in Paris at the Centre Pompidou, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Forum des Images, MK2 Beaubourg Cinema, and the BULAC, aims to offer audiences the best and most innovative documentary productions from all around the world, which reflect the diversity of production genres, and to shine a light on both new talents and established filmmakers. Cinéma du Réel has contributed to launching the careers of many directors who have gone on to become familiar names with the general public.
The First Window section, created in 2019, is devoted to documentary debuts, presenting around fifteen French short films directed by young filmmakers, selected by a committee of students.
Seven prizes will be awarded at the festival's closing ceremony held on Saturday, March 19.
As is the case each year, the festival also includes a professional component, the ParisDOC Works-in-Progress event, which brings together initiators of new projects and French and international professionals in the distribution and exhibition sectors.
For further information: https://www.cinemadureel.org
Films in competition in the French Selection - world premiere screenings
Short films
- 7H15 – MERLE NOIR by Judith Auffray
- LE CROISSANT DE LUNE by Rayane Mcirdi
- DOMY & AILUCHA: KET STUFF! by Ico Costa
- HORS TITRE by Wiame Haddad
- INTERMÈDE by Maria Kourkouta
- LANGUE DES OISEAUX by Erik Bullot
- MAFIOSO AU CŒUR DES TÉNÈBRES by Mosco Levi Boucault
- MANGROVE SCHOOL by Sónia Vaz Borges & Filipa César
- OFF POWER by Théodora Barat
- LE TOMBEAU DE KAFKA by Jean-Claude Rousseau
- TOUT CE QUI ÉTAIT PROCHE S’ÉLOIGNE by Yunyi Zhu
Feature films
- BOUM BOUM by Laurie Lassalle
- CEUX DE LA NUIT by Sarah Léonor
- LE CHANT DES OUBLIÉS by Luc Decaster
- LES LETTRES DE DIDER by Noëlle Pujol
- LA LUMIÈRE DES RÊVES by Marie-Pierre Brêtas
- NACHTLIED by Baptiste Pinteaux
- NAVIGATORS by Noah Teichner
- RELAXE by Audrey Ginestet
- LES VOIX CROISÉES (XARAASI XANNE) by Bouba Touré
- WHEN THERE IS NO MORE MUSIC TO WRITE, AND OTHER STORIES by Eric Baudelaire