24 documentaries this year at Cannes including 16 documentaries competing for l’Œil d’or, an exceptional programming for l’Œil d’or Jury presided by Kirsten Johnson and composed of  Ovidie, Sophie Faucher, Pedro Pimenta  and Jean-Claude Raspiengeas. The jury will reward the creator of the prize-winning documentary on Saturday, May 27th at 11am in the Salon des Ambassadeurs at the Palais des Festivals.

The documentaries in competition for L’Œil d’or 2023

  • Les Filles d’Olfa

    Kaouther Ben Hania

    France, Tunisia, Germany,

    Official Selection Competition

  • Jeunesse (Le Printemps)

    Wang Bing

    China

    Official Selection Competition

  • Kadib Abyad (La Mère de tous les mensonges)

    Asmae El Moudir

    Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

    Official Selection Un Certain regard

  • Man in black

    Wang Bing

    China

    Official Selection Un Certain regard

  • Anselm

    Wim Wenders

    Germany, France, Italy

    Official Selection Special Screenings

  • Occupied city

    Steve McQueen

    USA, UK, Netherlands

    Official Selection Special Screenings

  • Little girl blue

    Mona Achache

    France, Belgium

    Official Selection Special Screenings

  • Retratos Fantasmas (Portraits fantômes)

    Kleber Mendonça Filho

    Brazil

    Official Selection Special Screenings

  • Bread and roses

    Sahra Mani

    Afghanistan, United States

    Official Selection Special Screenings

  • Godard par Godard (Godard by Godard)

    written by Frédéric Bonnaud and directed by Florence Platarets

    France

    Official Selection Cannes classics

  • La Saga Rassam-Berri, le cinéma dans les veines (The Family)

    Michel Denisot & Florent Maillet

    France

    Official Selection Cannes classics

  • Chambre 999 (Room 999)

    Lubna Playoust

    France

    Official Selection Cannes classics

  • Nelson Pereira dos Santos – Vida de Cinema

    Aida Marques & Ivelise Ferreira

    Brazil

    Official Selection Cannes classics

  • Liv Ullmann - A Road Less Travelled

    Dheeraj Akolkar

    Norway

    Official Selection Cannes classics

  • Anita

    Svetlana Zill & Alexis Bloom

    USA

    Official Selection Cannes classics

  • Viva Varda !

    Pierre-Henri Giber

    Frrance

    Official Selection Cannes classics

More documentaries out of competition for L’Œil d’or are presented

  • Dans la tête un orage (A Storm Inside)

    Clément Pérot-Guillaume

    France

    Quinzaine des cinéastes
    Short films

  • Mast-del

    Maryam Tafakory

    Iran

    Quinzaine des cinéastes
    Short films

  • Ir y Volver (Partir et revenir)

    José Permar

    Mexico, Belgium, Hungary

    Semaine de la critique
    Short films

  • Las cosas que te digo (The things I tell you)

    Daniela Silva Solorzano

    Mexico

    Semaine de la critique
    Short films

  • Caiti blues

    Justine Harbonnier

    France, Canada

    ACID

  • État limite

    Nicolas Peduzzi

    France

    ACID

  • In the rearview

    Maciek Hamela

    Poland, France, Ukraine

    ACID

  • Machtat

    Sonia Ben Slama

    Tunisia, Lebanon, France, Qatar

    ACID