Opening Scenes Lab is a tailor-made programme for filmmakers presenting their first short film or student film in the Official Selection. It offers the filmmakers the opportunity to get better acquainted with the international market and its decision makers.

Opening Scenes Lab is a special programme for the filmmakers invited to the Opening Scenes section of the Festival dedicated to first short films or student films. Accompanied by their tutors, they get the opportunity to get better acquainted with the international industry for documentaries and its decision makers, to look for distribution for their short films as well as to meet potential partners for their next projects. They will take part in several networking events, always guided and accompanied by their tutors.

The Opening Scenes Lab is accessible by invitation only.
Our call for films opens on September 5

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at industry@visionsdureel.ch

Main Tutor 2023

Manuel Abramovich

Filmmaker
– Producer
Germany

RUIDO

Consultant 2023

Emma Caviezel

Festival / Market
Switzerland

Visions du Réel

Participants 2023

Tatjana Fanny Honegger

Filmmaker
– Producer
Switzerland

Yu Wang

Filmmaker
France

Francisco Armenteros Sánchez

Filmmaker
Spain

ECAM

Ran Chen

Filmmaker
China

Ghada Fikri

Filmmaker
– Producer
Portugal

DocNomads

Alhasan Yousef

Filmmaker
Belgium

DocNomads

Giulia Di Maggio

Filmmaker
Italy

Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia

Spencer Bogaert

Filmmaker
Belgium

Camdust

Hsu Pan Naing

Filmmaker
Myanmar

Yangon Film School

Elvira Arbós

Filmmaker
Spain

ECAM

Natalia Garcia Clark

Filmmaker
Spain

Arthur Jaquier

Filmmaker
Switzerland

HEAD Genève

Siri Pårup

Filmmaker
Sweden

Carolina Sánchez

Filmmaker
Spain

ECAM

Aisha Jain

Filmmaker
India

Film and Television Institute of India

Marta Smerechynska

Filmmaker
– Producer
Ukraine

Otto Lazić-Reuschel

Filmmaker
– Producer
Germany