Visions du Réel returns for its 57th edition with a programme featuring 164 films from a record 75 countries. While the representation of women continues to increase (44 %) compared to 39% in 2025, the Festival will also feature 7% co-directed films, as well as 1% directed by non-binary people and 48% by men. Among the 128 new films presented, 83 are world premieres and a further 8 are international premieres. 58 first films, including 36 first features, complete the picture, with no fewer than 26 Swiss (co)productions.
Visions du Réel thus confirms its position as the second most important festival in Switzerland for the launch of new films, and as a key international event for non-fiction cinema.
In addition to the four previously announced guest filmmakers, namely the Americans Kelly Reichardt and Laura Poitras, Ukrainian Sergei Loznitsa and Moroccan artist Meriem Bennani, Visions du Réel will have the honour of welcoming emerging and established talents, as well as prestigious juries, throughout these ten days of the Festival. The 57th edition will open with a screening of the latest film from Oscar winning filmmaker Laura Poitras Cover-Up, in the presence of Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Nuria Gorrite, State Councillor, Daniel Rossellat, Mayor of Nyon and Carine Bachmann, Director of the Federal Office of Culture.
The 128 films selected from the 3700 submissions – a figure that has continued to grow over recent years, and which represents an increase of more than 23% compared to 2023 – bear witness to the great freedom that non-fiction cinema enjoys today. No fewer than 75 countries are represented across all selections – a record that speaks to the Festival’s international status.
