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Film director and journalist
Country of origin
France

Jean-Jacques Cunnac (*1968) is a director of several award-winning short films and feature-length documentaries. He’s worked for several tv stations like NBC in Hong-Kong, France Television, M6 in Paris and RTS in Switzerland. He teaches documentary film in a film school in France. He is an active member of the Union for Auteurs and Directors of fiction films and documentaries in the south of France. His previous documentaries were filmed in Greece, Armenia, Nepal, Kurdistan and Alabama, USA. He is a member of the programming team of the Christian Festival of Cinema in Montpellier and he has been a member of juries for SIGNIS at Nyon, Faludi, Fribourg, Farel Neuchâtel, San Sebastian, Oberhausen, Ciné-Latino, Erevan.

Current issues

Mythical figures and images from the worlds of culture, sport and politics formed the subject matter of some of the films screened at DocFest Sheffield 2026. Peter Paul Huth explores them.
The extent to which the documentary film has evolved was once again evident this year at DocFest Sheffield (10–15 June 2026). The classic ideal of Direct Cinema or Cinéma Vérité has given way to a wide variety of cinematic possibilities. Report by Peter Paul Huth.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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