Below is a sneak peek of the first round of confirmed Industry guests attending the 2026 edition of Visions du Réel! Buyers, broadcasters, funders, commissioners and other professionals will take part in the four days of VdR–Industry activities from 19th to 22nd of April.
France Télévisions
David Amiel
Commissioning Editor — France
RTS – Radio Télévision Suisse
Steven Artels
Head of Documentaries — Switzerland
SRF
Urs Augstburger
Coproducer TV — Switzerland
RTS
Dyvia Babecoff
Commissioning Editor — Switzerland
Lightdox
Anna Berthollet
CEO, Sales & Acquisitions — France
Giornate degli Autori
Maria Bonsanti
Member of the selection committee — Italy
INDOX
Luke Brawley
Founder — United Kingdom
ZDF/ARTE
Kathrin Brinkmann
Commissioning Editor, ZDF/ARTE Culture — Germany
Screen Scotland
Dani Carlaw
Head of Unscripted — United Kingdom
Mediawan Rights
Arianna Castoldi
Head of Documentary — France
American Documentary | POV
Robert Chang
Co-Producer of POV — United States
The Party Film Sales / Jour2Fête
Sarah Chazelle
Co-founder and Ceo — France
Field of Vision
Sarah Choi
Film Development & Artist Support Manager — United States
RTBF
Isabelle Christiaens
Head of Co-Productions — Belgium
Aljazeera Documentary Channel
Jamel Dallali
Manager of Production — Qatar
RIDM – Montreal International Documentary Festival
Ana Alice de Morais
RIDM artistic co-director / RIDM & Forum programmer — Canada
Prada Foundation / IFFR
Rebecca De Pas
Project Manager and Film Curator — Italy
Odd Slice Films
Martina Droandi
Founder — Austria
Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR) – Brussels
Juliette Duret
Head of CINEMA — Belgium
Rise And Shine World Sales
Anja Dziersk
Festival Manager — Germany
Radiotelevisione Svizzera (RSI)
Giulia Fazioli
Head of Pacte Co-Productions for Documentary Films at RSI — Switzerland
Ford Foundation
Jon Goff
Program Officer — United States
The Guardian
Jess Gormley
Executive Producer Documentary and Features — United Kingdom
CPH:DOX
Mara Gourd-Mercado
Head of Industry & Training — Denmark
BR/ARTE
Sylvia Griss
Senior Commissioning Editor — Germany
CAT&Docs
Maëlle Guenegues
Festival & Acquisition Manager — France
Square Eyes
Wouter Jansen
CEO – Head of Acquisitions & Sales — Austria
Deutsche Welle
Bettina Kolb
Commissioning Editor — Germany
Heretic
Tajana Kosor
Acquisitions & Head of Festivals — Greece
ARTE GEIE
Catherine Le Goff
Commissioning Editor — France
Dok Leipzig
Viktoria Leshchenko
Programmer — Germany
Against Gravity//Millennium Docs Against Gravity
Artur Liebhart
CEO, Festival Director — Poland
dirk manthey film
Dirk Manthey
Managing producer — Germany
ARTE France
Alexandre Marionneau
Head of International Co-production / Society & Culture dept — France
Points North Institute
Elise McCave
Executive Director — United States
Doc Society
Luke Moody
Head of BFI Doc Society Fund — United Kingdom
The Whickers
Jane Mote
Consultant Editor — United Kingdom
The Whickers
Jane Mote
Editorial Consultant — United Kingdom
Catapult Film Fund
Theresa Navarro
Co-Director and Chief Operations Officer — United States
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
Angeliki Petrou
Program Coordinator — Greece
MetFilm Sales
Ella Pham
Acquisitions and Festivals Manager — United Kingdom
Chicken & Egg Films
Tobi Phang-Lyn
Industry & Artist Development Manager — United States
Chicken & Egg Films
Tobi Phang-Lyn
Industry & Artist Development Manager — United States
Wanted Film
Anastasia Plazzotta
CEO — Italy
Andana Films
Stéphan Riguet
Head of Acquisitions and Sales — France
Asian Shadows – Chinese Shadows
Maria A. Ruggieri
Head of Sales & Acquisitions — Hong Kong
Südwestrundfunk (SWR)
Bernd Seidl
Commissioning Editor — Germany
Blue Ice Docs / Whistler Film Festival
Robin Smith
CEO / Director of Programming — Canada
Sundance Film Festival
Basil Tsiokos
Senior Programmer — United States
First Hand Films
Esther van Messel
Founder & Managing Director — Switzerland
IDFA
Adriek Van Nieuwenhuyzen
Head of Industry — Netherlands
Kino Rebelde
María Vera
Sales & Festival Distributor — Portugal
Film Harbour
Liselot Verbrugge
CEO — Netherlands
International Documentary Association
Dominic Willsdon
Executive Director — United States
Women Make Movies
Debra Zimmerman
Executive Director — United States
CNC
Valère Zysman-Singer
Deputy Head of the Creative Diversity Department — France