From Nyon to Amsterdam: VdR Films and Projects at IDFA 2026

Twenty films presented at Visions du Réel join this year’s IDFA selection, alongside seven projects supported through VdR–Industry. We’re delighted to see these works continue their international journey and look forward to reconnecting with their teams in Amsterdam!

Films

Best of Fests

A Fire There Marlene Edoyan

Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava Nông Nhật Quang

Birds of War Janay Boulos & Abd Alkader Habak

Djeliya, mémoire du Mandé Boubacar Sangaré

From Dawn to Dawn Xisi Sofia Ye Chen

Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest Viv Li

The Illusion of a Quiet Night Olga Chernykh

Visite guidée Alba Jaramillo

The History of Concrete John Wilson

Nuisance Bear Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman

To Hold a Mountain Biljana Tutorov & Petar Glomazić

Tristan Forever Tobias Nölle & Loran Bonnardot (co-director)

Whispers in May Dongnan Chen

Signed

Dao Alain Gomis

Du soleil et du plomb (The Price of the Sun) Jérôme le Maire

Alea Jacarandas Hassen Ferhani

Paradocs

The Case Against Space Graeme Arnfield

The Recce Daniel Mann

The Making of the Lure Eva Barto

Dead Angle

Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon Bill Morrison

Projects

International Competition IDFA 2026

• Lonan Tché (VdR–Pitching 2023)

Best of Fests

• Gabin (VdR–Pitching 2023)
• Small Talk (SWISS FILMS Previews 2026)

Frontlight

• The Big Boom! (VdR–Pitching 2025)

Luminous

• Dreams of the Wild Oaks (VdR–Pitching 2024)

Paradocs

• The End of Times (VdR–Rough Cut Lab 2025)

Forum

• La Linda (VdR–Pitching 2026)