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Aware of the challenges posed by the climate crisis, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin is committed to a long-term eco-responsible approach and a drastic reduction in its carbon footprint.

There are many ways of doing this, all of which are within the reach of any cultural event: eliminating the use of plastic supplies, using sustainable alternatives, sorting and recycling, replacing most printed material with a digital version, stopping travel by petrol-powered vehicle, stopping air travel of less than 1,200 km in favour of rail travel, and using environmentally-friendly forms of transport.

Between 2019 and 2023, the event's carbon footprint has been reduced by 57.45%, thanks in particular to a significant reduction in air travel by guest artists and filmmakers in favour of train travel, and to the decision to stop using individual combustion-powered vehicles in favour of soft, electric and/or shared mobility.
Over the same period, we have reduced air travel by guest artists and filmmakers by 61.87%, while rail travel has increased by 72.46%. By 2023, we will have reached our target of 60% of European journeys by train.

For the next event in Paris in November, we are pursuing this approach in order to further reduce the event's carbon footprint. 75% of journeys will be by train, including all journeys of less than 1,200 km. Our approach, modest on the scale of a single event, takes on its full meaning when extended to all cultural activities.

The call for entries for the next Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin closed on 24 May 2024. Notification of the decision will be sent by email at the end of September 2024 to artists and organisations who have entered a work, both for submissions to the main programme and to the Moving Image Art Prize. The event will take place in Paris from 19 to 24 November 2024.

Once again this year, the call for entries received a very large response, with 5,762 submissions from 109 countries, thanks to the support of hundreds of European and international organisations, media, institutions and cultural networks. We are particularly pleased with the diversity of the works received, thanks to a thorough search, particularly for countries that are not usually well represented.

The list of countries of origin of the works is as follows, in alphabetical order: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, South Africa, South Korea, Cuba, Curaçao, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, South Korea, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Northern Macedonia, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Qatar, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.

The new programme is under preparation since April 2024, and will be available on our website in October 2024. Sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date with the programme.

The call for entries for the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2024-2025 is extended until 24 May 2024 (extended deadline, last deadline). Any individual or organization can submit one or several works. The call for entries is open to film, video and multimedia submission, without any restrictions for length or genre, regardless of geographical origin. Regardless of your country, you can choose between two types of registration:
- Submission to the main programme. Registration is free.
- Submission to the Moving Image Art Prize. An international jury will award the grant to one of the artists of the programme at the Paris 2024 event.

The Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin will be back in Berlin from 9 to 14 April 2024 at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt!
True to its vocation of being an event open to all, the entire event is free to everyone! The programme includes screenings, exhibitions, VR experiences, a forum and panel discussions.
We are of course very much looking forward to seeing you at the opening night on Tuesday 9 April at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt from 7pm, with free admission.

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The second part of the call for entries for the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2024-2025 is open until 25 April 2024. Any individual or organization can submit one or several works. The call for entries is open to film, video and multimedia submission, without any restrictions for length or genre, regardless of geographical origin. Regardless of your country, you can choose between two types of registration:
- Submission to the main programme. Registration is free.
- Submission to the Moving Image Art Prize. An international jury will award the grant to one of the artists of the programme at the Paris 2024 event.

After the Paris event in November 2023, the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin will come back to Berlin from 9 to 14 April 2024 at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt!
The programme is in progress and will be announced in March 2024.
For one week, the HKW Berlin will be transformed into an intense hotbed of discovery and reflection dedicated to contemporary cinema and moving images, in the presence of artists from all over the world. Screenings, previews, carte blanche, VR experiences, performances, debates and forums will be on the programme.
We look forward to seeing you at the opening evening on Tuesday 9 April at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt from 7pm, with free admission.
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The NOVA_XX Biennial has invited Nathalie Hénon and Jean-François Rettig, directors of the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, to join its jury.
The 4th NOVA_XX, the international biennial dedicated to artistic, scientific and technological entanglement in the feminine and non-binary mode, will run from 16 February to 27 April 2024, in Paris at the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, in the Île-de-France and PACA regions, and will showcase the work of over 40 artists.

The Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2023 ended on Sunday 5 November 2023 at the Fiminco Foundation, with a record attendance of 4,842 visitors/spectators over seven days at the event's various venues: the Centre Pompidou, the CWB Paris, the Fiminco Foundation, the Jeu de Paume, the Luminor Hôtel de Ville, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature and the Musée Guimet.
The event, dedicated to contemporary practices in the moving image, was unanimously acclaimed for the quality of its programme, with excellent feedback from the press, public and professionals. Bringing together 165 works from 52 countries, the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin once again established itself as the international meeting place for artists, filmmakers, audiences and professionals from all over the world.
After an intense week of screenings, meetings and discussions, the 2023 event closed with the Moving Image Art Prize 2023, awarded to Indian artist Davadeep Gupta for his work "Normalisation of a Disaster". Awarded for the second year to one of the works in the programme in the form of a grant, the Moving Image Art Prize highlights a singular work in the field of moving images. This year's Moving Image Art Prize jury was composed by : Odile Burluraux (curator, head of the video collection - Musée d'Art Moderne Paris), Vincent Gonzalvez (head of the residencies department - Cité internationale des arts), Eliel Jones (curator, performance and time-based media - KANAL-Centre Pompidou) and Clément Minighetti (chief curator - MUDAM Luxembourg).

We now look forward to seeing you in Berlin for the second part of the event, from 9 to 14 April 2024 at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt!

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For this new edition of the Rencontres Internationales de Paris/Berlin 2023, the season has changed, and now it's the week of 30 October to 5 November that we're coming together to offer a new and exciting experience based on discoveries and reflections dedicated to contemporary practices in the moving image.

The programme includes documentaries, experimental fiction, videos, hybrid and multimedia forms, retrospectives, themed screenings, cartes blanches, VR programming, forums and round tables. The event will take place at a number of emblematic venues, including the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, the Jeu de Paume, the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles and, last but not least, a surprise with two additional venues to be revealed very shortly.

Our highlights include a major retrospective of films by Yvonne Rainer - recently restored by MoMA New York - an iconic figure in contemporary dance, screened in France for the first time in 10 years; a surprise carte blanche for a major filmmaker; and the Moving Image Art Prize, awarded for the second year by an international jury to a singular work in the field of moving image.

The Moving Image Art Prize, awarded in the form of a grant to an artist taking part in the event, was created in 2021 in a post-Covid context, to provide even greater support for the unique audiovisual forms that the event promotes.
With artists and filmmakers from all over the world in attendance, this new edition offers an exceptional programme, bringing together 165 works from 52 countries; internationally renowned artists and filmmakers alongside emerging artists and young artists presented for the first time.
For seven days, the event will be the focus of a veritable artistic and cultural effervescence, with a strong emphasis on young artists. The theme of hybridity will run through the entire programme, providing an opportunity to explore new possible worlds.

Once again this year, the call for entries received a very large response, with 7,024 submissions from 120 countries, thanks to the support of hundreds of European and international organisations, media, institutions and cultural networks. We are particularly pleased with the diversity of the works received, thanks to a thorough search, particularly for countries that are not usually well represented.

The list of countries of origin of the works is as follows, in descending order of the number of submissions received: France, Germany, USA, Italy, Canada, Spain, United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, China, Brazil, Austria, Portugal, South Korea, Argentina, Greece, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Finland, Australia, Denmark, Turkey, Taiwan, Sweden, Russia, Colombia, Croatia, Japan, Ireland, Iran, Romania, New Zealand, India, Luxembourg, Israel, Hungary, Ukraine, Lithuania, Lebanon, Chile, Serbia, Egypt, South Africa, Estonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Venezuela, Thailand, Tunisia, Bulgaria, Peru, Hong Kong, Philippines, Belarus, Georgia, Iraq, Morocco, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Northern Macedonia, Singapore, Armenia, Latvia, Slovakia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cyprus, Puerto Rico, Czech Republic, Burma, Ecuador, Iceland, Indonesia, Malaysia, Swaziland, Albania, Algeria, Congo DRC, Cuba, United Arab Emirates, Haiti, Malta, Azerbaijan, Costa Rica, Pakistan, Panama, Syria, Togo, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Nepal, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Rwanda, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Mauritius, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Uruguay, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Honduras, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Moldova, Montenegro, Mozambique, Uganda, Palestine, El Salvador, Senegal, Tibet.

The new programme is under preparation since October 2022, and will be available on our website in September 2023. Sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date with the programme.

As part of the exhibition "Symbiosium, Cosmogonies spéculatives", the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles has invited the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin to curate a carte blanche at the Fondation Fiminco on Saturday 22 April 2023.
Three works have been chosen in dialogue with the current exhibition, focusing on notions of hybrid spaces and temporalities: "Under Automata" and "The Inmost Cell" by Eva L'Hoest, and "Hour Of Moth (Etude No. II)" by Kim Richard Adler Mejdhal.

The Casino Luxembourg – Forum d'art contemporain invites Nathalie Hénon and Jean-François Ret-tig, curators of the Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin, for an exhibition and a carte blanche screening.
The "Ecosystem Assembly" exhibition, opening on 2 March and running until 16 April 2023, is con-ceived as an assembly of works – film, video, VR –, a space for dialogue between them, based on the notion of the "critical zone" developed by Bruno Latour.
Jean-Luc Godard's "Le Livre d'image" (2018) has also been chosen for a carte blanche screening on 7 March 2023.

The first part of the call for entries closed on 31 December 2022. A new call for entries is open until 22 April 2023, with priority given to works produced in 2023. All entries will be considered for the next Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, which will be held in autumn 2023. Any individual or organization can submit one or several works, regardless of geographical origins. The call for entries for both the main programme and the Moving Image Art Prize are open to cinema, video and multimedia works. There are no restrictions on length or genre.

Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, in partnership with the Cité internationale des arts, invite artists in residence to a research and discussion group around the notions of hybrid space and critical space, in the field of the moving image. This cycle of meetings comprises 3 sessions running from November 2022 to July 2023.

The first part of the call for entries for the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2023 is open until 31 December 2022. Any individual or organization can submit one or several works. The call for entries is open to film, video and multimedia submission, without any restrictions for length or genre, regardless of geographical origin.

To enter a work

Regardless of your country, you can choose between two types of registration:
- Submission to the main programme. Registration is free.
- Submission to the Moving Image Art Prize. An international jury will award the grant to one of the artists of the programme at the Paris 2023 event.

After an intense Parisian edition last May, the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin will be back in Berlin from 16 to 21 August at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt!
True to its vocation of being an event open to all, the entire event is free to everyone! The programme includes screenings, exhibitions, performances, a forum and panel discussions.
We are of course very much looking forward to seeing you at the opening night on Tuesday 16 August at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt from 7pm, with free admission.

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The Rencontres Internationales in Paris ended on 8 May 2022 after an intense week of discovery and reflection dedicated to contemporary practices of the moving image. We now invite you to Berlin for the second part of the event, from 16 to 21 August 2022 at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

For seven days in Paris, a large audience attended the event to discover the new programme of the Rencontres Internationales, an intense week of screenings, exhibitions and discussion with guests from all over the world.

We look forward to seeing you in Berlin for a new edition!
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We look forward to seeing you on Monday 2 May for the opening of this exceptional edition, at the Louxor Palais du cinéma. For 7 days, with free admission, the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin invite all audiences to compose their own programme, 90% of which is presented in French, European and international premieres: screenings — cartes blanches, special screenings, thematic screenings —, temporary exhibitions, VR programme, performances, forum and discussions.

Opening night - Monday 2 May 2022, from 7.30pm at the Luxor Palais du cinéma.
7.30pm Inaugural session
9.30pm Opening of the Apichatpong Weerasethakul retrospective

We are preparing a special opening night, with a magnificent surprise screening, 5 rare films screened in international premiere, followed by the opening of the first retrospective in France of Apichatpong Weerasethakul's short and medium length films. An evening to explore new territories, celebrate new ideas and discover new realities.

A major event dedicated to contemporary practices of moving images, the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin will take place from 2 to 8 May 2022 in Paris at the Louvre auditorium, Centre Pompidou, Beaux-arts de Paris, MEP Maison européenne de la photographie, Rue Française, Louxor Palais du cinéma, Luminor Hôtel de Ville, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles and Goethe-Institut as well as live online.

The Rencontres Internationales Paris/Belin invites all audiences during a week, with free admission, to put together their own programme by choosing among a multitude of events — 90% of the works will be French, European and international premieres: screenings — cartes blanches, special events, thematic screenings —, performances, VR programme, exhibitions, forum and discussions.

"At a time when history is stuttering in a world in crisis, discovering what artists are telling us is more necessary than ever. The reflection and invention of new audiovisual forms are as many possible worlds and utopias necessary to reinvent our time."

In the presence of artists and filmmakers from all over the world, this new edition offers an exceptional programme, bringing together 118 works from 39 countries, internationally renowned artists alongside young artists presented for the first time. During seven days, the event will be the prism of a real artistic and cultural effervescence, with an important place given to the young artists. The theme of “hybrid spaces” will run through the entire programme and will be an opportunity to explore new possible worlds.

In 2022, the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin will offer two hybrid editions, on site with live audiences, and live online. The programme will be available via livestreaming on our website during the two events, which will take place from 2 to 8 May 2022 in Paris at the Louvre Auditorium, the Beaux-arts de Paris, the Centre Pompidou and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, and from 16 to 21 August 2022 in Berlin at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

Due to the health context and travel restrictions linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, the dates of the event in Paris, usually at the end of February, have been postponed and will be held from 2 to 8 May 2022. We are looking forward to seeing you again, and we are enthusiastically preparing this next edition!
For the first time, an international jury will award a prize to one of the works of the programme. The Moving Image Art Prize will award a work in the field of moving images.
The annual call for entries, which now offers the opportunity to submit a work to the main programme and/or the Moving Image International Art Prize, was very well received, with a total of 5,729 submissions from 105 countries, thanks to the support of hundreds of European and international cultural organisations, media, institutions and networks. The programme is currently under preparation. Notifications of decision will be sent to the artists and organisations that have submitted a work at the end of March 2022. The programme will be announced on our website in early April 2022.
The countries of origin of the works are the following, in decreasing order of the number of submissions: France, Germany, USA, Canada, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia, Greece, Austria, Poland, Portugal, China, South Korea, Finland, Croatia, Sweden, Taiwan, Colombia, Norway, Ireland, Denmark, New Zealand, India, Iran, Mexico, Russia, Japan, Turkey, Israel, Hungary, Lebanon, Chile, Serbia, Philippines, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Peru, Slovenia, Venezuela, Singapore, Tunisia, South Africa, Lithuania, Romania, Thailand, Egypt, Senegal, Ecuador, Czech Republic, Belarus, Cuba, Vietnam, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, Estonia, Hong Kong, Morocco, Albania, Indonesia, Algeria, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Armenia, Bangladesh, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Uganda, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Syria, Uruguay, Bolivia, Congo (DRC), Costa Rica, Georgia, Iraq, Iceland, Nepal, Palestine, Panama, Angola, Saudi Arabia, Cameroon, Ghana, Haiti, Kuwait, Madagascar, Malta, Moldova, Nicaragua, Uzbekistan, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Yemen.

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The Rencontres Internationales in Berlin ended on 29 August 2021 after an intense hybrid edition. 32,518 people followed the online programme, broadcast live from Berlin at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Thank you to everyone for participating in such large numbers!

See you in 2022
The call for entries for the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2022 is extended until September 30, 2021, for film, video and multimedia submissions. For the first time, an international jury will award a prize to one of the works of the programme. The Moving Image International Art Prize will distinguish a unique work in the field of moving images.

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After the edition in Paris in February 2021 live from the Louvre auditorium, the next Rencontres Internationales will take place from 25 to 29 August 2021 in Berlin at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, and live online. Free entry/access. Premieres, cartes blanches, special screenings, video programmes, performances, forum and discussions... You are all warmly invited to the opening night of the event on Wednesday 25 August 2021 at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, from 7.30 pm onwards, free admission.
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The call for entries for the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2022 is open until July 31, 2021. Any individual or organization can submit one or several works. The call for entries is open to film, video and multimedia submission, without any restrictions for length or genre, regardless of geographical origin.

Moving Image International Art Prize

For the first time, an international jury will award a prize to one of the works of the programme. The Moving Image International Art Prize will distinguish a unique work in the field of moving images.

To enter a work

Regardless of your country, you can choose between two types of registration:
- Submission to the general programme. Registration is free.
- Submission to the Moving Image International Art Prize competition. An international jury will award the prize at the Paris 2022 event.

The Rencontres Internationales in Paris ended on 28 February 2021 after an intense hybrid edition, live online from the Louvre auditorium. We now look forward to seeing you in Berlin for the second part of the event, from 25 to 29 August 2021, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

56,862 people followed the online programme, broadcast simultaneously in the Louvre auditorium, based on the theme of hybrid spaces: cartes blanches, thematic sessions, online visits, performances, interviews and discussions with the artists, on site or remotely. 32,080 people attended the programme on our website, 8,719 online viewers followed it on our social networks, and 16,061 visitors discovered the new 3D immsersive space.

We look forward to seeing you in Berlin for a new edition!
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In the context of health restrictions related to the COVID-19 crisis and the closure of cultural venues to the public, the Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin will take place in Paris from 23 to 29 February 2021, in a hybrid format, with a programme filmed and broadcast live from the Louvre auditorium in Paris, and an interactive 3d space.

Screenings, discussions, performances
The entire programme - 122 films and videos from 39 countries - and the discussions with the artists and speakers - present on site or remotely - will be broadcast online on our website, live from the Louvre auditorium.

Online visits
Two special sessions of online visits will be offered in partnership with TRAM Réseau art contemporain Paris/Île-de-France, and introduced by Marc Bembekoff, its co-chairman, with a selection of presentations of exhibitions and projects by seven venues that are members of the network: Abbaye de Maubuisson, Le BAL, Centre photographique d'Île-de-France, Centre d'art contemporain de Malakoff, Centre d'art contemporain de Noisy-le-Sec, Centre d'art contemporain d'Ivry Le Crédac, and La Terrasse espace d'art de Nanterre.

3d experimentation
A space for exploration and experimentation based on 3d scans and photogrammetries of the Louvre auditorium will give visitors real-time access to the programme via their web browser.

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 23rd February for the opening of this hybrid edition, live from the Louvre auditorium.
The evening, and the whole event, will be accessible live on our website and in the 3D immersive space we have prepared for this new edition.
For 6 days, you will attend online sessions, carte blanche, online performances, online visits, round tables and a forum. The theme of this edition is hybrid spaces. It will run through the entire programme and will be an opportunity to reflect on the future of audiovisual forms and their modes of dissemination.
The event will take place online and is entirely free of charge..

Opening
Inaugural Session + Special Session + Performance

Tuesday 23 February, from 6pm, live from the Louvre auditorium
It is a special opening evening that we are preparing, similar to an oscillation between the real and the surreal, the experience of physical and digital spaces that intersect and meet.
An evening to explore new territories, celebrate new ideas and discover new realities.

The next event will take place from 23 to 28 February 2021 in a hybrid form, live from the Louvre auditorium, with events and programmes filmed and broadcast live on our website, simultaneously accessible in a new immersive space developed for the occasion: Based on 3D scans and photogrammetry of the Louvre auditorium, this space for exploration and experimentation will offer visitors, via their web browser, real-time access to the programme taking place at the same time in the physical spaces, as well as to specific programmes only available in these online spaces.
The call for entries 2020-2021 received a very large response once again this year, with 5,108 proposals received from 101 countries, thanks to the support of hundreds of European and international cultural organisations, media, institutions and networks.
The programme will be finalised soon. Programme decisions will be sent to the artists at the latest one month before the event. The programme will be announced on our website at the end of January 2021. Subscribe to our newsletter to be informed about the programme.

The 2020 hybrid edition in Berlin ended on August 30, after 5 intense days of screenings, performances, exhibitions and talks focused on contemporary practices of moving image. For the first time, we were both on site and online, indoors and outdoors, at HKW and in live streaming.

Many thanks for your numerous and warm presence, at HKW and on our web site.

A huge thanks again to the artists who entrusted us with their work and to all our wonderful partners

From 26 to 30 August 2020, the entire programme of the Rencontres Internationales in Berlin will be broadcasted online on our website, live from the Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
In the context of the health measures related to the COVID-19 crisis, this edition will have a hybrid format, with on-site programme open to the public - open-air screenings and temporary exhibitions - simultaneously filmed and broadcast live online.

The next Rencontres Internationales will be held from August 26 to 30, 2020, in Berlin at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and online, in free entry. It will offer, during 5 days, a space of discovery and reflection focused on new cinema and contemporary art. Premières, cartes blanches, special events, performances, an exhibition and a forum... You are all warmly invited to the Opening Night and Party on Wednesday August 26, 2020, from 8pm, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and online in live streaming. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive more news about the programme.

Rencontres Internationales in Paris ended on March 1, after an intense week of discovery and reflection on contemporary practices of moving images. We hope now to meet you in Berlin for the second part of the event, from August 26 to 30, 2020, at Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

A wide audience came to discover the new programme of Rencontres Internationales in Paris, once again offered in free entry. An intense week made of screenings, discussion and sharing, in the presence of guests from all over the world.
More than 4 000 people attended the event and took part in programme all along the week: special events, focus, premières, round tables, parallel events, exhibitions visits, etc.

The next Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin will be held in Paris from February 25 to March 1, 2020. This year again, our call for entries was met with an overwhelming response. 5,286 entries from 104 countires have been received, thanks to the liaising efforts of hundreds of European and international organizations, media, institutions and networks.

The selection has been underway since May 2019, and will be completed soon. Programme decisions will be sent to the artists at least one month prior to the event. The new programme will be announced on our website on late January 2020 Subscribe to our newsletter to receive more news about the programme.

We are pleased to join the 2019 participatory budget voting campaign launched by our partner, the Cité internationale des arts, for the renovation of its auditorium. Cité internationale des arts is a unique institution based in Paris that hosts hundreds of artists in residence each year.

Are you currently living in Paris? Vote online now, it will only take you 2 minutes after creating an account on the City of Paris website.

The next Rencontres Internationales in Berlin will be held from August 20 to 25, 2019, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, in free entry. It will offer, during 6 days, a space of discovery and reflection focused on new cinema and contemporary art. Premières, cartes blanches, special events, video programmes, performances, discussions... You are all warmly invited to the Opening Night and Party on Tuesday August 20, 2019, from 7pm, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, in free entry. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive more news about the programme.

Rencontres Internationales in Berlin ended on June 24, after an intense week of discovery and reflection on contemporary practices of moving images. We hope now to meet you in Paris next Winter to discover the new programme of Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin.

A large audience came to discover the programme of Rencontres Internationales in Berlin, once again offered in free entry. An intense week made of screenings, discussion and sharing, in the presence of guests from all over the world.

Among the highlights of the event, let's quote the Opening Night and the German première of "Shift Symm", a multimedia performance by Zeno van den Broek; as well as the closing screening with the German première of "The Imave Book" by Jean-Luc Godard, Special Palme d'Or at Cannes festival this year.

The next Rencontres Internationales in Berlin will be held from June 19-24, 2018, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, in free entry. It will offer, during 6 days, a space of discovery and reflection focused on new cinema and contemporary art. Premières, cartes blanches, special events, video programmes, performances, discussions...

Rencontres Internationales in Paris ended on April 15, after an intense week of discovery and reflection on contemporary practices of moving images. We hope now to meet you in Berlin for the second part of the event, from June 19 to 24, 2018, at Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

A wide audience came to discover the new programme of Rencontres Internationales in Paris, once again offered in free entry. An intense week made of screenings, discussion and sharing, in the presence of guests from all over the world. Among the highlights of the event, let's quote the Opening Night with the French première of "Studies on the Ecology of Drama" d'Eija-Liisa Ahtila, in her presence ; a carte blanche to Valie Export, in her presence ; the French première of "Streetscapes [Dialogue]" by Heinz Emigholz, in his presence ; as well as the follwing works, in French, European or international premieres: "Somniloquies" by Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, "Pasajes IV" by Sebastian Diaz Morales, "From Source to Poem" by Rosa Barba, "The Girl" by Hans Op de Beeck, "Ubi Sunt" by Salomé Lamas, "Stem - Sound from the Tropical" by Lasse Lau

The next Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin will be held in Paris from April 10-15, 2018 in different venues such as Forum des images, Carreau du Temple, Centre Pompidou, Cité internationale des arts, Luminor Hôtel de Ville. It will offer 6 days of discovery and reflection focused on contemporary moving image practices covering the fields of new cinema and contemporary art. In the presence of artists and filmmakers from all over the world, the event will offer an international programme gathering internationally renowned artists and filmmakers, side by side with young artists and filmmakers featured for the first time. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive more news about the programme.

First of all, the whole team of Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin whishes you a great and happy new year! We are impatients to meet you again at the occasion of the next events in Paris on April 10-15, and Berlin on June 19-24, 2018. The new programme is in progress, and will be announced in March 2018.

It will be exceptional, made of a selection of works among the 5617 submissions received through our yearly call for entries, as well as invitations to renowned figures from cinema and contemporary art, artists and filmmakers whom the work will be landmark moments and highlights. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive more news about the programme.

Image de ville, the film festival on architecture and urban space, invites the directors of Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin to curate an exhibition presented from November 17 to 26 at the Who How Gallery, as well as two screening programmes scheduled on November 26 at the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations, and Videodrome 2.

The four works in the exhibition, works by Christian Barani, Pedro Costa, Bernard Heidsieck and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, allude to individuals located at the periphery of history, and introduce us to this question as to the specific place and time in which we are living.

To finish the exhibition, two screenings will be held on November 26, notably with films by Larissa Sansour, Keina Espiñera, Ben Rivers and Pedro Costa.

The next Rencontres Internationales in Berlin will be held from June 13-18, 2017, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, in free entry. It will offer, during 6 days, a space of discovery and reflection focused on new cinema and contemporary art. Premières, cartes blanches, special events, video programmes, performances, discussions... The detailed programme will be posted on our website on June 1st. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive more news about the programme.

A major event dedicated to contemporary audiovisual creation, the Rencontres Internationales will offer, from January 13th to January 19th at the Gaîté lyrique, a space of discovery and reflection on new cinema and contemporary art. In the presence of 100 artists and filmmakers from all over the world, this exceptional edition introduces a brand new international programme, comprising 120 works from 40 countries

. By bringing together internationally renowned artists and filmmakers with young and emerging ones, the audience will attend - indoor screenings – premieres, cartes blanches, special sessions, video screenings, performances as well as roundtables and forums led by directors of art centres and museums, curators, artists and distributors, who will share their experience and views on new audiovisual practices and issues with the audience.

This is a unique platform in Europe where artists can meet with each other, exchange ideas with a large audience and initiate new projects. This new edition of Rencontres Internationales offers a rare and exciting glimpse into contemporary moving image practices.

The event is in free entry.

The official programme will be announced shortly.

The BoCA Biennial of Contemporary Arts, invites the Rencontres Internationales to curate a video show in the framework of the "Animal-House" public space project, and a carte blanche screening. The following artits have been chosen for the public space project: Ivan Argote, Olafur Olafson and Libia Castro, Marion Inglessi. For the carte blanche, a work by Philippe Grandrieux have been programmed.

The next Rencontres Internationales will be held in Paris at Gaîté Lyrique from March 13-19, 2017. It will offer 6 days of discovery and reflection focused on contemporary moving image practices covering the fields of new cinema and contemporary art. In the presence of artists and filmmakers from all over the world, the event will offer an international programme gathering internationally renowned artists and filmmakers, side by side with young artists and filmmakers featured for the first time. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive more news about the programme.

The BIM Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento in Buenos Aires invites the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin to curate and present two screening sessions representative of its programme and of contemporary practices of moving image. Exhibited artists: Mathieu K. Abonnenc, Ivan Argote, Jasmina Cibic, Micael Espinha, Marco Godoy, Anthony Haughey, Hayoun Kwon, Bettina Nürnberg and Dirk Peuker, Ding Shiwei, Ana Vaz, João Vieira Torres.

Alliance Française, the Goethe Institute and the Cinenómada Foundation, with the support of the French-German Cultural Fund and the Institut français, invited the directors of Rencontres Internatonales Paris/Berlin as visual art and multimedia experts to be part of the Talentartes 2016 residency programme, and to curate the exhibition of the selected artists within the framework of the Biennial International Art expo, SIART.

As an extension of this collaboration, the Cinenómada Foundation and its director, Juan Carlos Valdivia, invited the directors of Rencontres Internatonales as associate curators of the cinema section of the Biennial.

The next Rencontres Internationales in Berlin will be held from March 15-20, 2016, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Premières, cartes blanches, special events, video programmes, performances, discussions... The detailed programme will be posted on the website on February 29.

The next Les Rencontres Internationales will be held in Paris at Gaîté Lyrique from January 12-17, 2016. It will offer 6 days of discovery and reflection focused on contemporary moving image practices covering the fields of new cinema and contemporary art. In the presence of artists and filmmakers from all over the world, the event will offer an international programme gathering internationally renowned artists and filmmakers, as well as young artists and filmmakers featured for the first time. The programme will be posted in late December. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive more news about the programme.

The next Rencontres Internationales will be held in Paris at Gaîté Lyrique from January 12-17, 2016. It will offer 6 days of discovery and reflection focused on contemporary moving image practices covering the fields of new cinema and contemporary art. In the presence of artists and filmmakers from all over the world, the event will offer an international programme gathering internationally renowned artists and filmmakers, along with young artists and filmmakers featured for the first time. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive more news about the programme.

Here are some highlights of the next Les Rencontres Internationales which will be held in Berlin from June 23-28, 2015, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt:
->The Opening night on Tuesday, June 23. Les Rencontres Internationales invites you to discover a surprise programme gathering 5 rare films and videos shown as German Première..
-> Wednesday, June 24, German Première of “Kommunisten”, the latest film by Jean-Marie Straub.
-> Thursday, June 25, German Première of the latest film by Claire Denis, from a text by Christine Angot, “Voilà l’enchaînement”, in the presence of the filmmaker.
-> Friday, June 26, German Première of “Tonight and the People” by Neil Beloufa. .
-> Saturday, June 27, German Première of the video performance “Film noir 001” by La Ribot, in the presence of the artist.
-> The closing screening on Sunday, June 28, Berlin Première of “Ming of Harlem” by Phillip Warnell, in the presence of the filmmaker.
->The closing screening on Sunday, June 28, Berlin Première of “Ming of Harlem” by Phillip Warnell, in the presence of the filmmaker.

-> Among the 110 programmed films and videos, often in German Première: Sandro Aguilar (pt), Jane et Louise Wilson (uk), Thom Andersen (us), Knut Asdam (no), Christian Barani (fr), Magnus Bärtås (se), Neil Beloufa (fr), Laurence Bonvin (ch), Manon De Boer et George Van Dam (be), Sebastian Diaz Morales (ar/nl), Clemencia Echeverri (co), Kevin Jerome Everson (us), Christoph Girardet (de), Maj Hasager (dk), Isabelle Hayeur (ca), Aglaia Konrad (be), Masbedo (it), Carlos Motta (co), Hans Op De Beeck (be), Cristina Picchi (it), Kerstin Schroedinger et Mareike Bernien (de), Hannes Schüpbach (ch), Lina Selander et Oscar Mangione (se), Deborah Stratman (us), Salla Tykkä (fi), Eduardo Williams (ar).

Contemporary visual culture occupies the interface between aesthetic, social and political issues and adapts to the continuing development of production and dissemination technologies. The Rencontres Internationales offers a future-oriented way of observing these practices. After Paris last December at Gaîté Lyrique, Les Rencontres Internationales will offer during 6 days a space for discovery and thought covering the fields of new cinema and contemporary art.

OPENING
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2015 - FROM 8PM
Keynote / Screening / Party

Unique event in Europe, Les Rencontres Internationales provides a rare opening on contemporary audiovisual practices. Documentary approaches, experimental fictions, videos, hybrid forms: the programme of Rencontres Internationales is the result of a thorough research and invitations to some artists, personalities from the cinema and the contemporary art. In the presence of artists and filmmakers from all over the world, the event will offer an international program gathering 110 works from 40 countries, internationally-known artists and filmmakers and young artists and filmmakers presented for the first time: screenings - Premières, cartes blanches, video programme -, performances, and panel discussion in the presence of art centre and museum directors. curators, artists and distributors who will share their experience and concerns about current moving image practices.

We are glad to announce the complete list of the artists who will be presented in the framework of the next Les Rencontres Internationales in Berlin: Sandro Aguilar, Thom Andersen, Knut Asdam, Christian Barani, Magnus Bärtås, Neil Beloufa, Louidgi Beltrame, Manuel Billi, Piotr Blajerski, Laurence Bonvin, Nicolas Boone, Louise Botkay, Halida Boughriet, Jamie Buckley, Michael Busch, Jeannette Castioni, Wim Catrysse, Kent Chan, Emma Charles, Assila Cherfi, Chen Hung Chiu, Adam Chodzko, Davy Chou, Aleesa Cohene, Roberto Collío, Eli Cortiñas Hidalgo, Josef Dabernig, Felice D'Agostino et Arturo Lavorato, Manon De Boer et George Van Dam, Anouk De Clercq, Eléonore De Montesquiou, Claire Denis, Robbrecht Desmet, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Benjamin Dufour et Régis Feugère, Pierre Edouard Dumora, Clemencia Echeverri, Teboho Joscha Edkins, Mélissa Epaminondi, Micael Espinha, Kevin Jerome Everson, Kevin Jerome Everson, Soren Thilo Funder, Anton Ginzburg, Christoph Girardet, Felipe Guerrero, Simon Gush, Michael Hanna, Maj Hasager, Isabelle Hayeur, Tomas Hendriks, Juliane Henrich, Jan Hoeft, Adla Isanovic, Nick Jordan et Jacob Cartwright, Claudia Joskowicz, Ernst Karel et Pawel Wojtasik, Toby Lee, Thomas Kneubühler, Aglaia Konrad, Konstantina Kotzamani, Hayoun Kwon, La Ribot, Eelyn Lee, Boaz Levin et Adam Kaplan, Nicolas Maigret, Elke Marhöfer, Masbedo, Dan Mihaltianu, Carlos Motta, Jorunn Myklebust Syversen, Arash Nassiri, Gerald Nestler, Arjuna Neuman, Bettina Nürnberg et Dirk Peuker, Hans Op De Beeck, Katarzyna Pacura et Jan Szewczyk, Dan Perez et Benjamin Klintoe, Désirée Pfenninger, Cristina Picchi, Theo Prodromidis, Ella Raidel, Sj Ramir, Miguel Rato, Dominik Ritszel, Paul Ritt, Michael Robinson, Rajee Samarasinghe, Denis Savary, Justin Schmitz, Kerstin Schroedinger et Mareike Bernien, Hannes Schüpbach, Lina Selander et Oscar Mangione, Marta Serna, Ding Shiwei, Rafiqul Shuvo, John Skoog, Sam Smith, Deborah Stratman, Jesse Sugarmann, Theodore Tagholm, Mont Tesprateep, Salla Tykkä, Loïc Vanderstichelen et Jean-Paul Jacquet, Ana Vaz, Matthew Verdon, Kay Walkowiak, Phillip Warnell, Willoh S. Weiland, Eduardo Williams, Jane et Louise Wilson, Andrew Norman Wilson, Juan Alfonso Zapata, Julius Ziz.

Artists presented in the video library:
Soufiane Adel, Jean-baptiste Alazard, Michele Amaglio, Annabelle Amoros, Daniel Aschwanden et Conny Zenk, Kush Badhwar, Bridget Ann Baker, Steven Ball et Rastko Novakovic, Gregg Biermann, Caroline Campbell, Mi Chai, Teresa Delgado et Jakob Kirchheim, Ruben Desiere, Irineu Destourelles, Daniel Nicolae Djamo, Pranjal Dua, Charlotte Dunker, Sara Eliassen, Simohammed Fettaka, Felice Hapetzeder, Paul Hendrikse, Henri Herré, Wei-ming Ho, Do Hoang, Philippine Hoegen, Chia-wei Hsu, Artem Iurchenko, Stefan Ivancic, Benny Jaberg, Daniel Jacoby, Pablo Kaes, Jane Jin Kaisen, Daniel Kötter, Yunjoo Kwak, Salomé Lamas, Ardina(ine) Lamers, Lucrezia Lippi, Jenny Marketou, Francesco Mattuzzi, Theis Mølstrøm Christensen, Jonathan Monaghan, Gavin Murphy, Francis Naranjo, Art Collective Neozoon, Christoph Oertli, Nour Ouayda, Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, Lucy Parker, Vijai Patchineelam, Chinmoyi Patel, Agustín Peralta Lemes, Kanchanit Phosawat, Joana Pimenta, Pascal Piron et Karolina Markiewicz, Michael Poetschko, Joakim Pusenius, Rodd Rathjen, Steve Reinke, Jessica Sarah Rinland, Philippe Rouy, Fette Sans, Renu Savant, Victoria Sayago et Bruno Stecconi, Sabine Schöbel, Maya Schweizer, Michaela Schwentner, Abigail Sidebotham, Federico Solmi, Thomas Taube, Rob Todd, Minh-quy Truong, Arthur Tuoto, Carlos Vásquez Méndez, Ivar Veermäe, Fernando Vilchez Rodriguez, Cristian Villavicencio Ruiz, Helena Wittmann, Chao Yong.

Using the 26th letter of their Alphabet book, MOVING_IMAGE presents six unique films questioning the possibility of sight and sound. The "disparate singularities" mentioned by Gilles Deleuze at the end of his Alphabet book, suddenly make sense: the assertion of a perspective and a position in the world. The screenings include a special presentation of "Our Man" (O Homem nosso) by Pedro Costa, as well as films by Rafiqul Shuvo, Christian Barani, Dominik Ritszel, Halida Boughriet and Louise Botkay.

For the 23rd letter of their Alphabet book Moving_Image revisits and transposes Lewis Carroll's inverted world of "Alice in Wonderland" with 6 rare films and videos, which question the logic and randomness of our contemporary world. The screenings include a special presentation of "Ghosts Before Breakfast" by Hans Richter, as well as films by Loic Vanderstichelen and Jean-Paul Jacquet, Eduardo Williams, Bjørn Melhus, Federico Solmi and Konstantina Kotzamani.

For the 22nd letter of their Alphabet book, MOVING_IMAGE questions the notion of vestiges and of memories. The remains of ancient utopias or those of a society out of time, memories of history, fragile traces of our dreams and invisible monuments. Five rare films and videos by Ding Shiwei, Hans Op de Beeck, Lina Selander, Jonathan Perel and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.