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

Italian cinemas reopen, France and the UK warm up the engines

Italian cinemas reopen, France and the UK warm up the engines

Cinemas in Italy are open from today, but with which films remains uncertain. Many European countries are still in doubt, while France and the UK are looking at 17 May for reopening  

26/04/2021 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | Europe

Review: The Mushroom Speaks

Review: The Mushroom Speaks

Marion Neumann presents her fascinating documentary, inviting us on a thrilling journey through the mysteries of nature  

26/04/2021 | Visions du Réel 2021 | National Competition

Faya Dayi triumphs at the Visions du Réel Festival

Faya Dayi triumphs at the Visions du Réel Festival

The Mexican-Ethiopian director Jessica Beshir won over the jury of the International Feature Film Competition, which has also awarded Les Enfants terribles and 1970  

26/04/2021 | Visions du Réel 2021 | Awards

Review: The Bubble

Review: The Bubble

In Valerie Blankenbyl's fascinating documentary, the world's biggest retirement community is just getting bigger  

21/04/2021 | Visions du Réel 2021 | Competition

Projects from the Americas and China dominate Visions du Réel industry awards

Projects from the Americas and China dominate Visions du Réel industry awards

The main prize goes to Science Fiction from Argentina, Chinese entry Yoga Village gets two awards; awarded European projects hail from Georgia, France and Serbia  

21/04/2021 | Visions du Réel 2021 | VdR-Industry

Corinne Rossi  • Distributor, Praesens

Interview: Corinne Rossi • Distributor, Praesens

“People are now used to having everything everywhere, so cinemas will probably have to offer new options as well”

The CEO of the Swiss distribution company highlighted the need to be prepared when cinemas reopen  

20/04/2021 | /Switzerland

Review: Dida

Review: Dida

In their first feature-length documentary, Nikola Ilić and Corina Schwingruber Ilić deal with a painful personal story in an engaging and optimistic way  

20/04/2021 | Visions du Réel 2021 | Burning Lights Competition

Marion Neumann • Director of The Mushroom Speaks

Interview: Marion Neumann • Director of The Mushroom Speaks

“The mushroom is an organism situated between life and death, and I was fascinated by it”

In the documentary by the German-born Swiss-based filmmaker, it's time to get to know your fungi  

19/04/2021 | Visions du Réel 2021 | National Competition

Review: Ostrov – Lost Island

Review: Ostrov – Lost Island

Svetlana Rodina and Laurent Stoop’s documentary portrays the paradoxical and poetic day-to-day existence of the inhabitants of the Russian island known as Ostrov  

19/04/2021 | Visions du Réel 2021 | Competition

Review: Way Beyond

Review: Way Beyond

The European Organisation of Nuclear Research has never been so intriguing, thanks to the cold yet alchemical gaze cast by Swiss director Pauline Julier  

19/04/2021 | Visions du Réel 2021 | Burning Lights Competition

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