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1718 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 27/08/2025.

Visions du Réel announces its industry awards and impressive attendance record

Visions du Réel announces its industry awards and impressive attendance record

The prizes went to projects from Switzerland, France, Argentina, Belgium, Estonia, South Africa, the USA, Colombia, Brazil, Syria and India  

14/04/2022 | Visions du Réel 2022 | VdR-Industry/Awards

Review: My Old Man

Review: My Old Man

Steven Vit follows his father in his last, delicate moments before retirement; a dizzying leap into the void that highlights an unexpected fragility  

14/04/2022 | Visions du Réel 2022 | Competition

Review: Like an Island

Review: Like an Island

Tizian Buchi's first feature film encourages us to observe a seemingly banal everyday life that turns into an engaging human adventure  

13/04/2022 | Visions du Réel 2022 | Competition

Michael Steiner  • Director of And Tomorrow We Will Be Dead

Interview: Michael Steiner • Director of And Tomorrow We Will Be Dead

“Daniela and David hoped that I could really make a film to tell their truth”

We talk to the Swiss director about his film, in which he reconstructs the kidnapping of two Swiss tourists in Pakistan and their controversial release eight months later  

12/04/2022 | Bif&st 2022

The debut film of Elena López Riera, El agua, is now finished

The debut film of Elena López Riera, El agua, is now finished

The film, which was screened at the Cinéfondation in Cannes and has been a candidate at major festivals, stars Bárbara Lennie alongside non-professional actors  

11/04/2022 | Production | Funding | Spain/Switzerland/France

Emilie Bujès  • Artistic director, Visions du Réel

Interview: Emilie Bujès • Artistic director, Visions du Réel

"The pandemic taught us something essential, which is that a festival can totally reinvent itself"

We talked to the artistic director of the Swiss festival since 2018  

08/04/2022 | Visions du Réel 2022

Aurélie Réveillaud and Charlotte Monnier • Alentours Forum

Interview: Aurélie Réveillaud and Charlotte Monnier • Alentours Forum

"Producers from all walks of life, hailing from our five partner countries"

Working on behalf of the Strasbourg Eurométropole and the Grand Est Region, the project heads discussed the upcoming edition of the Alentours Forum – Rhinish Co-Production Meeting  

31/03/2022 | Alentours Forum 2022

Susanne Regina Meures • Director of Girl Gang

Interview: Susanne Regina Meures • Director of Girl Gang

“The gang is still there. But it’s not those girls in parks any more; it’s the millions of girls congregating online”

The German director takes on a contemporary kind of girl gang by homing in on Leonie, a teenage influencer  

31/03/2022 | CPH:DOX 2022

Review: Girl Gang

Review: Girl Gang

Director Susanne Regina Meures’ third compelling feature opens our eyes to the ruthless and uncompromising world of social media  

29/03/2022 | CPH:DOX 2022

Olga and Ostrov – Lost Island win big at the Swiss Film Prize

Olga and Ostrov – Lost Island win big at the Swiss Film Prize

Unsurprisingly, Elie Grappe’s movie earned itself the Quartz for Best Film, while Laurent Stoop and Svetlana Rodina’s powerful feature was crowned Best Documentary  

28/03/2022 | Festivals | Awards | Switzerland

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