Cine Paris Film Festival

Cine Paris is an international film festival taking place in Paris, reuniting artists, creatives, and filmmakers with a focus on discovering new talents and works. A selection of monthly participants and winners are presented at live screenings, with a major annual event in Paris.

Our jury includes industry professionals from different sectors and companies, including Cineberg Germany, Sony, and more. Each month's competition winners are announced online, and a selection of those films is shown live at regular events across Paris.

Screening Venue

"Les 3 Luxembourg" — 67 Rue Monsieur le Prince, 75006 Paris, France

Events are also held at various locations across Paris.

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Years Running
40+
Monthly Editions
30+
Award Categories
1000+
Films Screened

Selected Reviews

The Seal of Death 2
directed by Harris Josey

A highly refined thriller short film. It all begins when Tony Han, a former detective, receives a "Seal of Death" letter threatening his honour and life, and he travels to New York to track down the person responsible, Shang Lee, the Yakuza's leader.

The cinematography is excellent and in sync with the pace of the film. The camera movements and shots effectively convey a strong sense of suspense and action. The performance of all the actors is intense and convincing, creating a high level of tension. The monochromatic colour scheme effectively conveys a strong sense of dark atmosphere.

★ Best Thriller & Best Trailer — June 2023
Harris Josey is an award-winning writer/director based in Birmingham, Alabama, with a BA in Media Production from Birmingham Southern College.
The Typical Day of an Effective Jobseeker
directed by Alexandre Bedenko

The tone of the film is intimate, and the actor is directed in a very direct and authentic manner. The director is clearly familiar with the subject matter, addressing it with elegance and sometimes ironic flair. All of these elements combine to make this film resemble neorealistic works.

As in a documentary, the camera remains still in the main character's home or follows him throughout the day. Anton Kiva's cinematography is very natural and authentic. Vladimir Bedenko delivers intense and realistic performances, and the dialogue appears lifted from real life.

★ Best Actor Feature Film — February 2023
Alexandre Bedenko was born in the Soviet Union in 1990, graduated as a film director from VGIK (Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography) in 2016.
For I Am Dead
directed by Patricia Delso Lucas

A dark, surreal drama set in late-1800s Europe. Oscar, a wealthy but lonely middle-aged man living in an extravagant chateau filled with wine, courtesans, and opium, confesses his love for his gardener Jude before he dies of his excesses.

The director masterfully builds a dark atmosphere through cinematography, costumes, and set design. The acting is always believable and intense, especially Al Nazemian as Oscar. The script uses minimal but always effective dialogue, treating its main theme with great personal delicacy. David Feral's sound design creates a strong expressionistic effect.

Patricia Delso Lucas earned her MFA in Film Directing at Skillset Screen Academy in Scotland. Nominated for the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award in 2010.
Timeless Love
directed by Breton Tyner-Bryan

A dance short film about a man who surrenders to his love for a woman, who becomes his inspiration for stepping into his heart and loving freely. In a time when everything is screaming, this film tells its story in a very intimate way, with a beautifully old-fashioned mood.

Travis Tuft directs superb choreography. Dominick Sivilli's cinematography tells this story through the colours of feeling. The editing is fluid and delicate, following the rhythm of the music. As the frames roll by, the editing disappears behind them — a truly engaging pace.

★ Best Dance Film (Short) — April 2022
Breton Tyner-Bryan has been featured at Barcelona, Madrid, Nice, and London international film festivals, among many others.

Award Winners

Trophies available to order — Personalised festival trophies for all winners. More information coming soon.

February 2026

FREE AGAIN — Nicholas Prosser
Best Short Film
LA FORET DE LYNDHURST — Daniele RIVIERE
Best Feature Film
Fara í Víkingu — Rémi Ramecourt
Best Documentary
GEOGRAPHY — Luca De Santis
Best Short Documentary
Zoé Chazal — Le Choix d'Anna
Best Actress, Short Film
Thierry Des Ouches — Thank's Pat !
Best Director, Documentary
Je T'aime Tout Simplement — Andre Schultz et al.
Best Music Video
Fittko: Resistance and Exile — Allegra Stodolsky
Best Student Film
Be my double. — Fuyubi Kusamori
Best Experimental Film
The Duke of Sorenburgh — Jack Fanburg
Best Animation
PARASOMNIA — Simeon Benedict von Aulock
Best Thriller
Havenfall — Andy Dodd, Andrew Bell, Julian Gamm
Best Horror
Enemy Heroes — Mark Diamond
Best Historical Film
Portrait of Traces — Hansol Jeong
Dance Short Film
Home — Eliott Hourlier
Best AI-Generated Film
Wattleseed — William Chai
Best Original Score
Enemy Heroes — Mark Diamond
Best War Theme Film
D'ombre et de lumière — Fabien Loïacono
Best Short Film, French Production
Le voyage de Juliette — Patrick Attali miche, thibaut miche
Best Feature Film, French Production

January 2026

THE BORDER — Carlo Fumo
Best Short Film
Pégame — Dylan Verrechia
Best Feature Film
Joanna Is Skywalking — Maja Britasdotter Östberg
Best Documentary
Kumeyaay Land — Dylan Verrechia
Best Short Documentary
Coline Kahr-Aunis — I, You, Us
Best Actress, Short Film
Douglas Phillip Rosenberg — The Sea
Best Director, Feature Film
Stuhi — Chiara Feriani
Best Music Video
The Unsaid Uprising — Noé Lojkine
Best Student Film
Io — Nir Yaniv
Best Animation
Circle the Welcome Wagon — Robert Vincent Grando, Marlene Jones
Best Comedy Film
Texas Strange — Justin Eugene Evans
Best Science Fiction
Maxie and Shelly and the Whole Mishpocha — Jeff Leigh Roth
Best Historical Film
Georges — Alphonse Marcel
Best AI-Generated Film
Theorem of — Pierre Vassal
Best Short Film, French Production

December 2025

MEROUANE — Merouane Boudiab
Best Short Film
Clair-Obscur — Léa Deslandes
Best Feature Film
Island of Dreams — Alvaro Jiménez, Cliff Orloff
Best Documentary
Anastasiya Panova — My boyfriend, a mannequin
Best Actress, Feature Film
PASCAL LASTRAJOLI — ABSENCE
Best Director, Short Film
Deranged Parental Love — Tano Pasqualino
Best Comedy Film
Ascenseur — Patricia Da Silva, Leonard Geslot
Best Horror
Revival — Katia Gagné
Best Dance Short Film
THE RED CREATURE — Azzedine WAHBI
AI-Generated Film
Némésis, Adèle and the monstre — Francis Frenkel
Best Short Film, French Production
Chelsea Fan Tribute — Soslan Chekhoev
Best Sport Theme Film

November 2025

A Recipe For Redemption — Will Scott
Best Short Film
Forever — Karim Kari
Best Feature Film
MAMARUMI — Jérémie Reuiller
Best Documentary
Voices from NAGASAKI — Ayaka Imafuku
Best Short Documentary
Franciszek Kizinski — La Vie en Rose
Best Director, Short Film
Office Politics — Neill Virtue
Best Comedy Film
Le silence du monde — Angelo Vapellari, Nicolas Pastergue
Best Short Film, French Production

October 2025

The Natural Born Actor — Diako Ravandi
Best Short Film
Evil Insight — Don Close, Fiore DeRosa
Best Feature Film
Varosha, the hostage city — Sylvie Deleule
Best Documentary
The Answering Machine — Jose Cortes
Best Artist Film, Feature
FRAMES — Claire Marshall
Dance Short Film
Cathars: A Perfect's Tale — Yves Brodsky
Best AI-Generated Film
The night of the wolves — Thomas Cortese
Best Short Film, French Production

September 2025

The Natural Born Actor — Diako Ravandi
Best Short Film
Evil Insight — Don Close, Fiore DeRosa
Best Feature Film
Varosha, the hostage city — Sylvie Deleule
Best Documentary
Melora Walters — That One Beautiful Day
Best Director, Feature Film
Gilgamesh: Fall of the Anunnaki — Yves Brodsky
Best Historical

August 2025

Northstar Garden — Jim Belcher
Best Short Film
Tears To A Glass Eye — Jack Kenny
Best Feature Film
THE SAINT OF BROOKLYN — Ulisse Lendaro
Best Documentary
Invincibles — Shana Rosilio
Best Short Film, French Production

July 2025

Room of souls — Kevin Mischel
Best Short Film
American Deadbolt — Bryan Redding
Best Feature Film
THE PROJECT — Margaux Chouraqui
Best Documentary
We Will Not Sleep Tonight — Kevin Meffre
Best Short Film, French Production

June 2025

Echoes — Gong Cheng
Best Short Film
Chair — Kensuke Tsutsumi
Best Feature Film
Menopause Menopaws — Akiko Matsumoto
Best Comedy Film
At the verge of a living hell — Clélia Autier
Best Short Film, French Production

May 2025

The Thieving Magpie — Chloé Luizard
Best Short Film
NAKAL — Flore Nappée
Best Documentary
Lady Cobra — Fabio Giovinazzo
Best Thriller
And see you tomorrow — Luc Benito
Best Short Film, French Production

April 2025

Me, Myself, You — Soorin Kim
Best Short Film
A Wonderful Way with Dragons — Delfine Paolini
Best Feature Film
The Camino — Paul Richard Maddison
Best Documentary
Freedom for the living — Eloïse Frammery
Best Short Film, French Production

March 2025

Chill Ravine — Ran AO
Best Short Film
Seconds in Eternity — Christian Schu
Best Feature Film
Rebel with a bow tie — Jaan Tootsen
Best Documentary
DEALER KILLER — Sellin Clément
Best Short Film, French Production

January 2025

La valse des adieux — Louis Salvatore Bellanti
Best Short Film
BETTER DAY — Mads Erichsen
Best Feature Film
SH'HILI (Sirocco) — Habib Ayeb
Best Documentary
Dissociative — Claudine Joly
Best Short Film, French Production

December 2024

Just let me dance — Lou Zidi
Best Short Film
Dawson Island — Pablo Ignacio Guzmán
Best Documentary
Experientia — Kevin Georget
Best Short Film, French Production

November 2024

you! — Ashish Kachakayala
Best Short Film
MIRARI — Jérémie Brunel
Best Feature Film
Des immigrantes et des papillons — Rodrigo Rodriguez
Best Documentary
Gods — Florian Romuald Cioffi
Best Short Film, French Production

October 2024

Ekko — Alejandro G. Iglesias
Best Short Film
PLAY — Dominic Bühlmann
Best Documentary
Water Lily — Julien Botzanowski
Best Feature Film, French Production

September 2024

Ana — Simay Yigit
Best Short Film
Filmmaker — Maxime Sanchez
Best Feature Film, French Production
DERNIER TUNNEL — Paul Morinière
Best Short Film, French Production

August 2024

Sky blue — Arnaud Lebon, Thomas Lebon
Best Short Film
ORB — Masayuki Kuramoto
Best Feature Film
In Search of Edgar Allan Poe — Andrew D. Kaplan
Best Documentary

July 2024

Lust for freedom — Jakub Zajac
Best Short Film
PRINCESS — thibaut Miche, Patrick Attali
Best Feature Film
Open Streets — David Sauriol-Joly, Nicolas Sauriol-Joly
Best Documentary

June 2024

Amentalio — Mokotsi Rukundo
Best Short Film
Has Been / Never Was — M.S. Kerr
Best Feature Film
The Faraway Nearby — Paula M Froehle
Best Documentary

May 2024

HEZUR BERRIAK — ARITZ LAZKANO VENDRELL
Best Short Film
STAMPILA — David Larson
Best Feature Film
The Teachings of the mask — Patrick Forian, Giulia Filacanapa
Best Documentary

April 2024

Oeuvre, Unfinished — Madeline Sun Woo Kim
Best Short Film
La Casa Azul — Claudio Callao
Best Feature Film
The Black Garden — Alexis Pazoumian
Best Documentary

March 2024

I live for her — Katia Sauthier, Damien Modoux
Best Short Film
Gloria — Hope Martinez
Best Feature Film
Lise's life — Thierry Jourdan
Best Documentary

January 2024

The bike — Joseph Boujenah
Best Short Film
A Divorce Story — Kevin Mounce
Best Feature Film
Cassino Then and Now — Paolo Ameli
Best Documentary

December 2023

Thirteen — Viktoria Windhab
Best Short Film
[MADO] — MAO
Best Feature Film
MORA IS HERE — Khalid Zairi
Best Documentary

November 2023

The Volition of Thalmus DoQui — Will Scott
Best Short Film
BLUEROSE — Mimmo Mongelli
Best Feature Film
The Katinas — Michael Everett
Best Documentary

October 2023

The List — Fernanda Fraga
Best Short Film
The Activated Man — Nicholas Gyeney
Best Feature Film
System Change — Klaus Sparwasser
Best Documentary

September 2023

A beautiful ending — Laetitia Ferry
Best Short Film
An Egypt Affair — Marlin Darrah
Best Feature Film
Dead Weight — Francesco Del Grosso
Best Documentary

August 2023

Renaissance — Brice Zephir
Best Short Film
The Soul — Massimo Grandi
Best Feature Film
Axé, Salvador! — Domenico Rodolfo Grillone
Best Documentary

July 2023

Big Bang — Carlos Segundo
Best Short Film
The Founder Effect — Justin MacGregor
Best Feature Film
The forgotten — Maxime LEFEBVRE
Best Documentary

June 2023

Sueño — Simon Longuet
Best Short Film
NEW LIFE — Ivan Polidoro
Best Feature Film
The hidden sound of tango — Yael SZMULEWICZ
Best Documentary

May 2023

PERIPETEIA — MERVE GEZEN
Best Short Film
Without age — Stefano Usardi
Best Feature Film
Visions in the Dark — Flavia Moraes
Best Documentary

April 2023

Rare Land — Efthimis Hatzis
Best Short Film
Déjà Vu: The Peril of Pauline — Cybela Clare
Best Feature Film
MIGRATION TO DREAMS — Kamaran Karym
Best Documentary

March 2023

Hindsight — Dimitri Papazachariou
Best Short Film
Violett — Steven John Mihaljevich
Best Feature Film
Olympian Goddesses — Francesco Gallo
Best Documentary

February 2023

Intoxication — Tara Salas
Best Short Film
Somebody — David Byrne
Best Feature Film
Time Of A Summer — Gaëlle Malandrone
Best Documentary

January 2023

Le magasin des compliments — Titouan Laporte
Best Short Film
Out of here — Paolo Magris, Paola Bonesi
Best Feature Film
From one world to another — Jean Marimoutou
Best Documentary

December 2022

What About Us — Quentin Alberto
Best Short Film
Ruger the Rude Dog — Roger Slagle
Best Feature Film
Baltic Truth — Eugene Levin, Andrejs Hramcovs
Best Documentary

November 2022

Any Old Sunday — Sebastien Duattis
Best Short Film
Bye Bye Chicago — Roma Diaz, Enrique Gaona Jr
Best Feature Film
80 YEARS LATER — Celine Parreñas Shimizu
Best Documentary

October 2022

M. TOC — Charlotte Letrillard
Best Short Film
My Land — Ilka Franzmann
Best Documentary

September 2022

Gameos — Noham Edje, Igor Kovalsky
Best Short Film
JOON — Barnali Ray Shukla
Best Feature Film
Ablaze — Alec Morgan, Tiriki Onus
Best Documentary

August 2022

LIBRE — Pierre SONGY
Best Short Film
Portrait of a Woman in a Landscape — Andrea Laquidara
Best Feature Film
The Human Trial — Lisa Hepner, Guy Mossman
Best Documentary

July 2022

But I Want to Leave the Party — Gilles Plouffe
Best Short Film
Ukraine War, in the eyes of refugees — Olivia M. Pfaff
Best Documentary

June 2022

Adversariis — Stefan Knezovic
Best Short Film
The Anger — Marie Surae
Best Feature Film
I'm not Lakit — Marie Surae
Best Documentary

May 2022

Himmler's Cat — Ugo Bussi
Best Short Film
Adapting To Dive — David Marsh
Best Documentary

April 2022

November 1976 — Lakhal Amin
Best Short Film
The writer is dead — Shahab Hosseini
Best Feature Film
Timeless Love — Breton Tyner-Bryan
Best Dance Film, Short

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