Haitian filmmaker Samuel Suffren’s debut feature “Job 1:21,” unveiled in the Work-in-Progress section of Visions du Réel, Switzerland’s leading documentary film festival, is already gaining traction on the industry circuit, picking up one of the top prizes at the market forum. The project denounces Haiti’s justice system through the story of a woman imprisoned for […]
Haitian filmmaker Samuel Suffren’s debut feature “Job 1:21,” unveiled in the Work-in-Progress section of Visions du Réel, Switzerland’s leading documentary film festival, is already gaining traction on the industry circuit, picking up one of the top prizes at the market forum. The project denounces Haiti’s justice system through the story of a woman imprisoned for […]
Visions du Réel closed its 57th edition Friday with a prize list that leaned firmly toward intimate, formally adventurous nonfiction, as Xisi Sofia Ye Chen’s “From Dawn to Dawn” took the Grand Jury Prize in the International Feature Film Competition. Centered on the filmmaker’s brother, a Chinese gangster living in Spain, the debut feature offers […]
Visions du Réel closed its 57th edition Friday with a prize list that leaned firmly toward intimate, formally adventurous nonfiction, as Xisi Sofia Ye Chen’s “From Dawn to Dawn” took the Grand Jury Prize in the International Feature Film Competition. Centered on the filmmaker’s brother, a Chinese gangster living in Spain, the debut feature offers […]
“The American story keeps repeating itself,” U.S. filmmaker Kelly Reichardt told the audience of her masterclass Tuesday at Visions du Réel, a documentary film festival in Nyon, Switzerland. During an onstage conversation that is part of a wider tribute to the director, Reichardt was asked whether she is rewriting the American myth through her films. […]
“The American story keeps repeating itself,” U.S. filmmaker Kelly Reichardt told the audience of her masterclass Tuesday at Visions du Réel, a documentary film festival in Nyon, Switzerland. During an onstage conversation that is part of a wider tribute to the director, Reichardt was asked whether she is rewriting the American myth through her films. […]
Opening the industry section of Swiss doc festival Visions du Réel, with her latest Netflix-produced feature “Cover-Up” serving as the festival’s opening film, Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras pointed to a documentary sector that is not only under pressure but increasingly mobilized – including around opposition to the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal. Citing an open letter […]
Opening the industry section of Swiss doc festival Visions du Réel, with her latest Netflix-produced feature “Cover-Up” serving as the festival’s opening film, Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras pointed to a documentary sector that is not only under pressure but increasingly mobilized – including around opposition to the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal. Citing an open letter […]
“Heat is like a death sentence.” The line, spoken by a Kuwait-based meteorologist in Jacqueline Zünd’s “Heat,” anchors a film that examines global warming not through explanation but through what the Swiss filmmaker describes as “a sensory experience.” Premiering in the main competition at Visions du Réel, Switzerland’s leading documentary film festival, “Heat” immerses the […]
“Heat is like a death sentence.” The line, spoken by a Kuwait-based meteorologist in Jacqueline Zünd’s “Heat,” anchors a film that examines global warming not through explanation but through what the Swiss filmmaker describes as “a sensory experience.” Premiering in the main competition at Visions du Réel, Switzerland’s leading documentary film festival, “Heat” immerses the […]
G. Anthony Svatek discusses his feature debut, premiering at Visions du Réel, biographical parallels with Alexander von Humboldt, and what the thinker's idea of interconnectedness means in the digital age.
G. Anthony Svatek discusses his feature debut, premiering at Visions du Réel, biographical parallels with Alexander von Humboldt, and what the thinker's idea of interconnectedness means in the digital age.
Jacqueline Zünd’s new film, which takes audiences to the Persian Gulf region with stylized imagery and sound, world premieres at the Swiss doc festival Visions du Réel.
Jacqueline Zünd’s new film, which takes audiences to the Persian Gulf region with stylized imagery and sound, world premieres at the Swiss doc festival Visions du Réel.
Swiss documentary maker Edgar Hagen discusses visiting the likes of Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria with German journalist Ulrich Tilgner for his film, premiering at Visions du Réel, and the situation in Iran.
Swiss documentary maker Edgar Hagen discusses visiting the likes of Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria with German journalist Ulrich Tilgner for his film, premiering at Visions du Réel, and the situation in Iran.
Belgian director Jérôme le Maire's doc, premiering at Switzerland's Visions du Réel festival, asks: "Can there be enough sun and wind for everyone, or is the price too high?"
Belgian director Jérôme le Maire's doc, premiering at Switzerland's Visions du Réel festival, asks: "Can there be enough sun and wind for everyone, or is the price too high?"
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