Cinéma du Réel (Cinema of the Real) is an international documentary film festival organized by the BPI-Bibliothèque publique d'information (Public Information Library) in Paris and was founded in 1978. The festival presents about 200 films per year in several sections by experienced documentary directors as well as first timers. The screenings take place at the
Pompidou Centre
The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...
in Paris, and in several movie theaters partners of the festival.
The 37th edition of Cinéma du réel took place from in March 2015.
Foundation
The founders of the festival were
Jean-Michel Arnold
Jean-Michel Arnold, (1938 - September 4, 2019) is General Secretary of the Cinémathèque Française, vice President of UNESCO's IFTC (International Council for Film Television and Audiovisual Communication), founder of the Cinéma du Réel, Direc ...
and
Jean Rouch
Jean Rouch (; 31 May 1917 – 18 February 2004) was a French filmmaker and anthropologist.
He is considered one of the founders of cinéma vérité in France. Rouch's practice as a filmmaker, for over 60 years in Africa, was characterized b ...
and the first festival was held in 1978.
Purpose
The Cinéma du Réel has developed into one of the major
documentary film festivals
Documentary film festivals are film festivals devoted solely to documentary film, which is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality.
Although "documentary film" originall ...
where a public of 170,000 view hundreds of documentaries by established professionals and newcomers. It also includes workshops seminars and a retrospective program highlighting the best of documentary cinema history.
Includes full list of Awards
Prizes
* Grand Prize of the Cinéma du Réel, €8000.
* The Library Award (Prix des Bibliothèques), €6000.
* Scam International Prize, €4600.
* Louis Marcorelles Award (given by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs for English and Spanish subtitling, DVD publishing and financing a foreign mission)
* Short Film Prize, €2500.
* The Young Jury Award, €2500.
* Joris Ivens Award for a first film, €2500.
* Heritage Award, for a film whose subject matter involves France, €2500.
* Pierre and Yolande Perrault Grant awarded to a young filmmaker, €2500
References
External links
Cinéma du Réel
Official Site
Documentary film festivals in France
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