Cinéma du réel

11 films • 11 selections

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The Green Fog

2018•Official selection

San Francisco's streets serve as a canvas for an experimental reinterpretation of Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 thriller Vertigo through a collage of found footage.

The Green Fog

2018 • Official selection

Santiago

2007•Official selection

In 1992, João Moreira Salles filmed his butler Santiago Badariotti Merlo, who worked for his family for 30 years, before revisiting the footage in 2005.

Santiago

2007 • Official selection

Our Body

2023•Official selection

In a gynecology ward in Paris's 20th arrondissement, women discuss their healthcare experiences and the challenges of the doctor-patient relationship.

Our Body

2023 • Official selection

Echo of the Mountain

2015•Official selection

385 miles of pilgrimage to Wirikuta serve as the backdrop for Santos de la Torre's quest for divine permission to create a new mural.

Echo of the Mountain

2015 • Official selection

Mama Colonel

2017•Official selection

A police unit in Kisangani, Congo, led by Colonel Honorine Munyole, works to protect women and children from abuse in a war-torn environment.

Mama Colonel

2017 • Official selection

Winter Buoy

2015•Official selection

A group of nurses in Toronto assists pregnant women facing homelessness, drug addiction, and violent relationships during the harsh winter months.

Winter Buoy

2015 • Official selection

The Lebanese Rocket Society

2012•Official selection

In the 1960s, a group of students from Haigazian University launched rockets into the sky, marking Lebanon as the first Arab country to attempt space travel.

The Lebanese Rocket Society

2012 • Official selection

Kisangani Diary

1998•Official selection

Eighty thousand Hutu refugees from Rwanda, living in famine and disease, are discovered along a railway line south of Kisangani, Zaire, in 1997.

Kisangani Diary

1998 • Official selection

The Ballad of Oppenheimer Park

2016•Official selection

Several First Nations people occupy Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver, using the space for rest, recreation, performance, and protest against their displacement.

The Ballad of Oppenheimer Park

2016 • Official selection

Anyox

2022•Official selection

Two residents remain in the ghost town of Anyox, British Columbia, as the film examines its abandoned mining facilities and labor history.

Anyox

2022 • Official selection

Atlantiques

2010•Official selection

Four young women in Dakar experience demonic possession after their boyfriends drown while attempting to reach Europe.

Atlantiques

2010 • Official selection

The record, year by year

Every Cinéma du réel title we index, 1998 to 2023: 0 awards, 0 nominations and 11 official selections across 10 years.

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