{"id":283942,"date":"2026-06-25T14:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visionsdureel.ch\/en\/?post_type=vdr-on-tour&#038;p=283942"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:27:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:27:32","slug":"doc-nights-2026-en","status":"publish","type":"vdr-on-tour","link":"https:\/\/www.visionsdureel.ch\/de\/vdr-on-tour\/doc-nights-2026-en\/","title":{"rendered":"VdR on Tour: Doc Nights at Istituto Svizzero 2026 (EN)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of its collaboration with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.istitutosvizzero.it\/fr\/proiezione\/doc-nights-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Istituto Svizzero<\/a>, Visions du R\u00e9el presents, for the sixth consecutive year, an open-air screening evening on 1 July from 21:15 in the institute\u2019s garden in Rome. The programme features two documentaries from the Festival\u2019s 2025 Official Selection:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visionsdureel.ch\/en\/film\/2025\/cutting-through-rocks-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Cutting Through Rocks<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Mohammadreza Eyni and Sara Khaki, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visionsdureel.ch\/en\/film\/2025\/sanatorium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Sanatorium<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Gar O\u2019Rourke. The event will be attended by Sergio Fant, member of the Visions du R\u00e9el selection committee. Free entry, registration required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istitutosvizzero.it\/fr\/proiezione\/doc-nights-3\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.istitutosvizzero.it\/fr\/proiezione\/doc-nights-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istitutosvizzero.it\/proiezione\/doc-nights-3\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.istitutosvizzero.it\/proiezione\/doc-nights-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More information and reservations<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Evening Program:<\/strong><br>21:15 \u2013 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visionsdureel.ch\/en\/film\/2025\/cutting-through-rocks-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Cutting Through Rocks<\/em><\/a><\/em> by Mohammadreza Eyni and Sara Khaki, 2025, 94\u2032<br>Languages: Azari, Farsi<br>Subtitles: English<br>Audience Award of the 2025 Grand Angle Competition, presented by the City of Nyon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>23:00 \u2013 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visionsdureel.ch\/en\/film\/2025\/sanatorium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Sanatorium<\/em><\/a><\/em> by Gar O\u2019Rourke, 2025, 90\u2032<br>Language: Ukrainian<br>Subtitles: English<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"accordions\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"accordion\" id=\"tabs-block_8db8b3b5d294572a596b4b88c325b88b\">\n\t\t  \t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"heading-tabs-block_8db8b3b5d294572a596b4b88c325b88b\">\n\t\t\t\t<button \n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn link-reverse btn-block text-left\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-toggle=\"collapse\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"#collapse-tabs-block_8db8b3b5d294572a596b4b88c325b88b-0\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded=\"true\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"collapse-tabs-block_8db8b3b5d294572a596b4b88c325b88b-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCutting Through Rocks\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n    \t\t<div id=\"collapse-tabs-block_8db8b3b5d294572a596b4b88c325b88b-0\" class=\"collapse show\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-tabs-block_8db8b3b5d294572a596b4b88c325b88b\" data-parent=\"#tabs-block_8db8b3b5d294572a596b4b88c325b88b\">\n      \t\t\t<div class=\"card-body px-3\">\n        \t\t\t<p><em>Cutting Through Rocks<\/em>\u00a0followed an unlikely path to winning the World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize at Sundance earlier this year. Co-directors Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni first met Sara Shahverdi while searching for female entrepreneurs \u2014 a chance encounter that quickly revealed itself as destiny. It\u2019s not hard to see why: Shahverdi is a force of nature, a compelling and inspiring figure whose unshakable resolve leaves a lasting impression.<br \/>\nRiding her motorcycle across the vast, windswept plains of northwestern Iran, Shahverdi cuts an unconventional figure. But it soon becomes clear that her ambitions reach far beyond her own hard-won personal freedom. She is determined to challenge the deeply rooted patriarchal norms that govern her community. As the first woman ever elected to her village council, she faces constant resistance from her male counterparts. Cutting Through Rocks captures her fierce determination, sharp political instinct, and deep empathy as she carves her own path through a world of obstacles.<br \/>\nIn many ways, Khaki and Eyni\u2019s thoughtful filmmaking echoes Shahverdi\u2019s approach: even the smallest spark of freedom can open up vast new horizons. And sometimes, the roar of an engine is all it takes to set it in motion.<\/p>\n<p>James Berclaz-Lewis<\/p>\n      \t\t\t<\/div>\n    \t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t  \t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"heading-tabs-block_8db8b3b5d294572a596b4b88c325b88b\">\n\t\t\t\t<button \n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn link-reverse btn-block text-left\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-toggle=\"collapse\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"#collapse-tabs-block_8db8b3b5d294572a596b4b88c325b88b-1\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded=\"false\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"collapse-tabs-block_8db8b3b5d294572a596b4b88c325b88b-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSanatorium\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n    \t\t<div id=\"collapse-tabs-block_8db8b3b5d294572a596b4b88c325b88b-1\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"heading-tabs-block_8db8b3b5d294572a596b4b88c325b88b\" data-parent=\"#tabs-block_8db8b3b5d294572a596b4b88c325b88b\">\n      \t\t\t<div class=\"card-body px-3\">\n        \t\t\t<p>In times of war, the Kuyalnik Sanatorium in Odessa, southern Ukraine, is called upon to treat more than creaking joints and nutritional deficiencies. The staff \u2014 including a gargantuan all-purpose janitor, an tireless entertainer, and a doctor specialised in just about everything from ophthalmology to podiatry \u2014 do their best to keep smiling, even as their imposing brutalist building falls apart and the air raid sirens go off. As for the guests, among whom there is also no lack of memorable characters, they do their best to enjoy a few days of relaxation in pastel-coloured rooms, treatments with delightfully anachronistic Soviet-era machines, basking in the sun and the beaches of the Black Sea. All this, despite the smoke columns rising on the horizon, a reminder of how close the front line lies.<br \/>\nIf this extraordinary humanity can smile and make us smile in the midst of war, we can&#8217;t wait to find out what they&#8217;ll be capable of when they finally return to enjoy their thermal mud baths, aquagym, karaoke and ping-pong tournaments in well-deserved peace.<\/p>\n<p>Sergio Fant<\/p>\n      \t\t\t<\/div>\n    \t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doc nights 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"875\" height=\"525\" data-id=\"261679\" 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