Departures of note

Vincent Dieutre (25 November 1960 – 10 August 2026) was a French filmmaker whose work blended documentary and fiction. After studying at the IDHEC (now La Fémis) in the 1980s, he began his career with the experimental feature Rome désolée (1995), which was screened at the Berlinale and French cinemas. He continued to explore personal and social themes in films such as Leçons de ténèbres (2000), which won the jury prize at the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film, and Bonne Nouvelle (2001), awarded at the Locarno International Film Festival. His 2012 documentary Jaurès earned the Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. Dieutre also taught cinema at Paris‑VIII University and La Fémis, and produced a series of tribute films to artists like Naomi Kawase, Jean Eustache and Jean Cocteau. Openly gay, he was a prominent figure in queer cinema and contributed to the visibility of LGBTQ narratives in European film. He died in Paris at the age of 65, leaving a legacy of innovative, autobiographical cinema that influenced a generation of documentary and autofiction filmmakers.