All Visions du Réel articles 22a1a

  • Ri At Night
    Reviews

    ‘Ri At Night’: Visions du Reel Review 725y3r

    2024-04-19T20:00:00Z 6z261m

    In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the residents of Kinshasa fight to restore electricity to their beleaguered city

  • The Landscape And The Fury
    Reviews

    ‘The Landscape And The Fury’: Visions du Reel Review 2u2u3s

    2024-04-19T20:00:00Z

    The fragility of life in the Bosnia and Herzegovina borderlands is challenged by the arrival of refugees in this immersive Visions du Reel winner

  • The Landscape And The Fury
    News

    Swiss doc ‘The Landscape And The Fury’ leads Visions du Réel 2024 winners 2p441h

    2024-04-19T20:00:00Z

    Further winners included Kamal Aljafari’s ‘A Fidai Film’ in Burning Lights. 

  • The Last Days of the Hospital
    News

    Visions du Réel 2024 presents industry prizes worth €50,000 2x2668

    2024-04-18T13:37:00Z

    The Iran-born French filmmaker Mehran Tamadon won €20,000 for ‘The Last Days Of The Hospital’.

  • Billy
    Reviews

    ‘Billy’: Visions du Reel Review 556rg

    2024-04-17T20:17:00Z

    Lawrence Cote-Collins tracks her friend Billy’s conviction for murder and his lifelong struggle with mental health

  • My Memory Is Full Of Ghosts
    Reviews

    ‘My Memory Is Full Of Ghosts’: Visions du Reel Review 1a3dj

    2024-04-16T20:00:00Z

    Syrian residents of Homs tentatively return to the war-ravaged city in the hopes of rebuilding their lives

  • 234313_alice_diop_masterclass©nikita_thevoz_005
    Features

    “My films are cut through with the need to resist the violence of our times,” Alice Diop tells Visions du Reel audience 2w4l2d

    2024-04-16T08:37:00Z

    “My aim is to find the right format for the film I want to make,” said the French filmmaker of documentaries and ‘Saint Omer’. 

  • My Father's Diaries
    Reviews

    ‘My Father’s Diaries’: Visions du Reel Review 292g6n

    2024-04-15T20:03:00Z

    Filmmaker Ado Hasanovic revisits the Balkan War through his father’s archival video and diary footage

  • Mother Vera
    Reviews

    ‘Mother Vera’: Visions du Reel Review 3my21

    2024-04-15T16:15:00Z

    A Belorusian convent is the setting for this unique UK-produced story of spiritual self-realisation 

  • Apple Cider Vinegar
    Reviews

    ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’: Visions du Reel Review 4x1n3j

    2024-04-15T11:55:00Z

    Inspired by her own illness, Sofie Benoot sets off to find direct connections between the human body and our planet

  • Fragments Of Ice
    Reviews

    ‘Fragments Of Ice’: Visions du Reel Review 4d2tn

    2024-04-13T12:30:00Z

    Home video footage of 1980s Ukraine rubs up against its present in Maria Stoianova’s family history

  • VDR 12
    Features

    12 documentary talents with first films at Visions du Réel 6f106g

    2024-04-12T11:44:00Z

    Screen profiles some of the up-and-coming directors with films at the Swiss documentary festival.

  • After the Snowmelt
    News

    Square Eyes boards Visions du Reel competition title ‘After The Snowmelt’ (exclusive) 2v6u3o

    2024-03-25T18:06:00Z

    The documentary centres on the case of two hikers who were trapped in a cave in the Himalaya for 47 days.

  • As The Tide Comes In
    News

    Visions du Réel unveils 2024 line-up with 88 world premieres 1w59u

    2024-03-19T12:43:00Z

    The international competition includes films from Sofie Benoot, Adrián Orr and Nicole Vögele.

  • The Last Days of the Hospital
    News

    Mehran Tamadon, Tana Gilbert projects among Visions du Réel 2024 industry programme q4q5c

    2024-03-14T16:20:00Z

    29 projects to be pitched at Swiss documentary festival’s VdR-Industry section.

  • Jia Zhangke
    News

    Jia Zhangke to be honoured at Visions du Reel 2024 3v3b2z

    2024-01-18T17:37:00Z

    The Chinese filmmaker will deliver at masterclass at the documentary festival.

  • While The Green Grass Grows
    Reviews

    ‘While The Green Grass Grows’: Visions Du Reel Review 145w6c

    2023-04-28T18:00:00Z

    Grand Prix winner at Visions du Reel is part of an epic, personal project from director Peter Mettler 

  • While The Green Grass Grows c Visions du Reel
    News

    Visions du Réel awards top prize to ‘While The Green Grass Grows’ 4v2n1m

    2023-04-28T18:00:00Z

    The Swiss documentary festival runs April 21-April 30.

  • VdR54_Lucrecia Martel_Masterclass©Nikita-Thévoz_2
    News

    “There cannot be just one narration style for a planet like this,” says Lucrecia Martel o2t4m

    2023-04-27T17:21:00Z

    The Argentinian filmmaker has been working on her docu-drama ‘Chocobar’ for 12 years. 

  • Machtat
    Reviews

    ‘Machtat’: Visions du Reel Review 3s35q

    2023-04-27T07:52:00Z

    A trio of female wedding singers find freedom in their art in this involving Tunisian documentary