Carrousel by Marina Meijer in International Competition
Paris doc fest Cinéma du réel (13-22 March 2020) will screen five world premieres in its 24-film International Competition, comprising 13 features and 11 shorts. These include the long-form BEYNIMDEKI MISMARLAR (Nails on My Brain, Azerbaijan, 80 minutes) and MAKONGO (Central African Republic, Argentina, Italy, 72 minutes).
The French competition boasts 20 titles, of which 12 are features and 8 are shorts. All are world premieres.
International Competition:
El año del descubrimiento (The Year of the Discovery)
Luis López Carrasco (2020, Spain, 200’)
Aswang
Alyx Ayn Arumpac (2019, Philippines/France, 82’)
Back to 2069
Elise Florenty, Marcel Türkowsky (2019, Germany/France/Belgium, 40’)
Beynimdeki Mismarlar (Nails In My Brain)
Hilal Baydarov (2020, Azerbaijan, 80’) World premiere
Bring Down The Walls
Phil Collins (2020, Germany/USA, 87’)
Carrousel
Marina Meijer (2019, The Netherlands, 68’) International premiere
Don’t Rush
Elise Florenty, Marcel Türkowsky (2020, Germany/France/Belgium, 53’) World premiere
Expedition Content
Ernst Karel, Veronika Kusumaryati (2020, USA, 78’)
Jia ting hui yi (The Choice)
GU Xue (2020, China, 66’) World premiere
Limbo
Alexander L. Fattal (2019, Colombia/USA, 25’)
Ontem havia coisas estranhas no céu (Yesterday There Were Strange Things in the Sky)
Bruno Risas (2019, Brazil, 110’)
Makongo
Elvis Sabin Ngaibino (2020, Central Af
rican Republic/Argentina/Italy, 72’) World premiere
Nach zwei Stunden waren zehn Minuten vergangen (After Two Hours, Ten Minutes Had Passed)
Steffen Goldkamp (2019, Germany, 20’)
Nuit Debout (Up At Night)
Nelson Makengo (2019, Democratic Republic of Congo/Belgium, 20’)
Reserve
Gerard Ortin Castellvi (2019, Spain, 27’) International premiere
Responsabilidad empresarial (Corporate Accountability)
Jonathan Perel (2020, Argentina, 68’)
Signal 8
Simon Piu Liu (2019, Hong Kong/USA/UK, 14’)
La sombra del desierto (O el paraíso perdido) (The Shadow of the Desert [or Paradise Lost])
Juan Manuel Sepúlveda (2020, Mexico, 80’) International premiere
Subject to Review
Theo Anthony (2019, USA, 37’)
Tape 39
Amit Dutta (2020, India, 16’) World premiere
Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another
Jessica Sarah Rinland (2019, UK/Argentina/Spain, 67’)
The Two Sights (AN DA SHEALLADH)
Joshua Bonnetta (2019, UK/Canada, 88’)
The Wasp and the Weather
Robin Vanbesien (2019, Belgium/France, 19’) International premiere
We Still Have to Close Our Eyes
John Torres (2019, Philippines, 13’)
French competition (all 2020, unless stated otherwise):
Age of Heroes
by Simon Ripoll-Hurier (19’)
Ahlan wa sahlan
Lucas Vernier (95’)
L’âge d’or (Golden Age)
Jean-Baptiste Alazard (69’)
L’avenir le dira
Pierre Creton (26’)
Celle qui manque (The Missing One)
Rares Ienasoaie (87’)
Chronique de la terre volée
Marie Dault (89’)
La fabrique des monstres (The Monsters Factory)
Malak Maatoug (27’)
L’homme qui penche (The Man who is Lining)
Marie-Violaine Brincard, Olivier Dury (94’)
Il n’y aura plus de nuit (There Will Be No More Night )
Eleonore Weber (75’)
J.A
Gaëlle Boucand (61’)
Léthé
Christophe Pellet (15’)
Mes chers espions (My Dear Spies)
Vladimir Léon (134’)
Paradiso
Hendrik Hegray (55’)
Parler avec les morts (Talking with the Dead)
Taina Tervonen (67’)
Qui est là ? (Who is There?)
Souad Kettani (54’)
Seekers
Aurore Vullierme (77’)
La terre de gevar (Gevar’s Land)
Qutaiba Barhamji (80’)
Tout ça peut mal tourner
Christophe Derouet (33’)
This Means More
Nicolas Gourault (22’)
Une maison (A House)
Judith Auffray (82’)
