Visions du Réel expresses its solidarity with Ukraine and presents the official selection of the Grand Angle and Latitudes sections.
Visions du Réel is joining the international movement of solidarity with the Ukrainian people, who are fighting for their freedom. We express our support for Ukrainian artists and filmmakers, and for all those whose lives are threatened and upended by the war. We strongly condemn the ongoing Russian invasion.
At the same time, the Festival wishes to convey its support for the Russian artists and citizens who are currently expressing their resistance.
The 2022 official selection notably includes A House Made of Splinters, presented in the Grand Angle Competition, a film about the fractures caused by the war in Eastern Ukraine. Moreover, the line-up will feature three other films directed and/or produced in Ukraine; these titles will be announced at the press conference.
Grand Angle Competition and Latitudes section (out of competition)
The selection in the Grand Angle and Latitudes sections of the 53rd edition of Visions du Réel features films that will mark the cinematographic year and reveal the landscape of contemporary non-fiction filmmaking. It Includes 23 films in total, 9 of which will be presented in world or international premiere.
The Grand Angle Competition offers the opportunity to discover films that have already impressed audiences at other recent festivals, or that will mark the coming year. For its 2022 edition, this competition includes two films presented in world premiere: the Italian film ll posto – A Steady Job, by Gianluca Matarrese and Mattia Colombo, which portrays a certain contemporary Italy – and Adam Ondra: Pushing the Limits, by Jan Šimánek and Petr Záruba, a portrait of the legendary Czech climber. Four films are presented in international premiere – after recent launches in Berlin, Copenhagen or elsewhere – whereas the other six are Swiss premieres presented in particular at Sundance, such as the opening film Fire of Love, or A House Made of Splinters, which won awards at the prestigious American festival.
There are 11 films in the non-competitive Latitudes section, showing a panorama of current documentary filmmaking practices. In particular, Latitudes includes two respectively German-Polish and Franco-Bangladeshi works presented in world premiere: Silent Love by Marek Kozakiewicz and Things I Could Never Tell My Mother by Humaira Bilkis, two intimate films dealing with the complexity of relationships in certain countries… Alongside these are, among further titles: Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish, an animated film from the Chinese director Lei LEI, previously presented as part of the Tiger Competition at the Rotterdam Film Festival; the new opus from the great Austrian filmmaker Ruth Beckermann (Mutzenbacher), which won the main award in the Encounters competition at the latest Berlinale; the Swiss-French co-production from Mitra Farahani (A vendredi Robinson), also presented in Berlin; and two films from the Venice Film Festival: Republic of Silence from the Berlin-based Syrian filmmaker Diana el Jeroudi, and Atlantide from the Italian director Yuri Ancarani.
The full programme of the 53rd edition of Visions du Réel will be unveiled on 15 March 2022 during the press conference.
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