Cannes Docs 2023: Docs-in-Progress Showcases
Cannes Docs has again partnered with eight international institutions and organizations in 2023 to showcase curated selections of docs-in-progress at final stages of post-production and aiming to hit the circuit within a few weeks or months. The showcases are from Scotland, Canada, Scandinavia, Chile, Spain, Italy, Docs by the Sea and CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator.
CIRCLE Cannes Docs Showcase Selection 2023
CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator, the training program designed for female-identifying docmakers, announced April 20 the projects that will take part in its Cannes Docs showcase 2023. Once more, 4 alumnae of the programme will present their works-in-progress during the Cannes Marché. In 2022 the CIRCLE selection Twice Colonized won the Docs-In-Progress award. The film premiered at Sundance 2023 before opening both CPH:DOX and Hot Docs.
Two docs, Jeunesse and Four Daughters, selected for Cannes Comp 2023
The films, directed by Wang Bing and Kaouther Ben Hania, are joined in
Cannes by Occupied City by Brit auteur Steve McQueen; Wim Wenders' Le bruit du temps, Anselm Kiefer; and Kleber Menndonça's Retratos Fantasmas, all of which are selected for Special Screenings. Wang Bing’s Man in Black is also selected for this section. In Un Certain Regard is The Mother of All Lies by Asmae Elmoudir. The 76th Cannes FF runs May 16-27.
