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Press releases 2025
Presskit 2025
11 April 2025
Clarisa Navas’ The Prince of Nanawa and Bani Khoshnoudi’s The Vanishing Point win the two main prizes in the international competitions of Visions du Réel 2025
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9 April 2025
VdR–Industry awards 2025 : the conclusion of 4 days full of enriching meetings and conversations shaping the cinema of tomorrow
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8 April 2025
Raoul Peck awarded the 2025 Honorary Prize
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4 April 2025
Opening of the 56th edition of Visions du Réel
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28 Mars 2025
Reflecting on cinema outside the screen: masterclasses, Morning Talks and themed walks of the 56th edition of Visions du Réel
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10 Mars 2025
VdR–Industry: bridging the national and the international
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12 Mars 2025
Official selection of the 56th edition of Visions du Réel: Les Frictions du Réel
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10 Mars 2025
Blame by Christian Frei to open the 56th edition of Visions du Réel, a world première
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5 Mars 2025
VdR–Industry 2025: New Perspectives of a Changing World
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26 February 2025
The 2025 Atelier is dedicated to Cláudia Varejão
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5 February 2025
Corneliu Porumboiu, Special Guest 2025
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23rd January 2025
Academy-Award® winning director Asif Kapadia to open VdR–Industry Programme
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15th January 2025
Raoul Peck, Guest of Honour 2025
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Press releases 2024
Press review 2024 (Switzerland)
Press review 2024 (International)
Presskit 2024
Images 2024
6th June 2024
The Two Films Nominated by Visions du Réel Win Prestigious Doc Alliance Awards
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12th April 2024
Opening of the 55th edition of Visions du Réel
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14th May 2024
Visions Du Réel and SWISS FILMS to premiere a curated showcase of four new Swiss documentaries in progress at Cannes in 2024
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21th April 2024
The 55th edition of the Visions du Réel Festival once again attracted a large audience
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19th April 2024
Swiss filmmaker Nicole Vögele wins the 2024 Grand Prix
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17th April 2024
VdR–Industry reveals its 2024 winners
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15th April 2024
Jia Zhang-Ke receives the 2024 Prix d’honneur
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12th April 2024
Opening of the 55th edition of Visions du Réel
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9th April 2024
Meetings and discussions at the 55th edition of Visions du Réel
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4th April 2024
Visions du Réel: A Festival deeply rooted in the Swiss film landscape
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19th March 2024
The official 2023 selection: The eye of the storm
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14th March 2024
VdR–Industry 2024: a stage for cinema in the making
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27th February 2024
The Atelier 2024 is dedicated to Alice Diop
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13th February 2024
Special Guest 2024: John Wilson – Life: A User’s Manual
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18th January 2024
Jia Zhang-Ke, Guest of Honour 2024
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21th December 2023
Visions du Réel unveils its posters for 2024
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10th October 2023
Alice Burgin to head VdR–Industry
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Press releases 2023
Press review 2023 (Switzerland)
Press review 2023 (International)
Presskit 2023
Images 2023
29th April 2023
Increased attendance at the 54th edition;
Pianoforte by Jakub Piatek wins the Prix du Public
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28th April 2023
Swiss director Peter Mettler wins the 2023 Grand Prix
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26th April 2023
2023 VdR-Industry awards and takeover of Swiss fund visions sud est
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24th April 2023
Lucrecia Martel awarded the 2023 Honorary Prize
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21th April 2023
Visions du Réel opens the doors to its 54th edition
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18th April 2023
Meetings and discussions at the 54th edition of Visions du Réel
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28th March 2023
The official 2023 selection, the real is out there
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14th March 2023
Visions du Réel unveils the first selected titles and its opening film for 2023
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9th March 2023
VdR-Industry unveils a 2023 selection that showcases newcomers
and reunites with filmmakers close to the Festival
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2nd March 2023
Alice Rohrwacher, Special Guest for 2023
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14th February 2023
VdR–Industry future-proofs the VdR–Development Lab, unveiling the 2023 selection
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7th February 2023
The 2023 Atelier is dedicated to Jean-Stéphane Bron
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24th January 2023
VdR–Industry creates dialogue between the Swiss and international industry
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10th January 2023
The 2023 posters, New collaboration
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15th December 2022
Lucrecia Martel, Guest of Honour 2023
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31st August 2022
Mélanie Courvoisier, new Administrative and
Operational Director | Sven Wälti, new member of the Foundation Board
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Press releases 2022
Press review 2022 (Switzerland)
Press review 2022 (International)
19th April 2022
Sophie Bourdon to head VdR-Industry
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16th April 2022
Tizian Büchi’s L’Îlot wins Visions du Réel’s Grand Prix 2022
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13th April 2022
VdR-Industry announces its Awards
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11th April 2022
Marco Bellocchio was presented with the Visions du Réel Honorary Award this evening.
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7th April 2022
Kick-off of the 53rd edition of Visions du Réel
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5th April 2022
The Talks of Visions du Réel 2022
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31st March 2022
Spotlight on Swiss creation
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29th March 2022
Visions du Réel focuses on inclusion and accessibility
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22nd March 2022
The official juries and prizes of the 53rd edition of Visions du Réel
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15th March 2022
Visions du Réel : Back to the future
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11th March 2022
VdR–Industry 2022 reveals selected projects
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8th March 2022
Visions du Réel expresses its solidarity with Ukraine and presents the official selection of the Grand Angle and Latitudes sections
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28th February 2022
Fire of Love will open the 53rd edition of Visions du Réel
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25th January 2022
The 2022 Atelier is dedicated to Hassen Ferhani
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20th January 2022
VdR at School, the streaming platform for schools, expands its offer
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17th January 2022
Marco Bellocchio is the Guest of Honor 2022
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15th December 2021
Kirsten Johnson, First Guest of Visions du Réel 2022
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7th December 2021
Visions du Réel, a pioneering festival for cultural inclusion
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17th November 2021
Documentary and Audiovisual Forum: Review of the event for the Swiss industry
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Press releases 2021
Press review 2021 (Switzerland)
Press review 2021 (International)