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The Swiss festival dedicated to non-fiction films runs from April 4 to 13 in Nyon.
View Films by Strand:
- Burning Lights Competition
- Cláudia Varejão - Atelier
- Corneliu Porumboiu - Special Guest
- Doc Alliance Selection
- Highlights
- International Feature Film Competition
- International Medium Length & Short Film Competition
- Raoul Peck - Guest Of Honour
- Special Screenings
- Wide Angle
View previous years coverage of the Visions du Réel festival:
Visions du Réel Latest Reviews
A documentary following a teenager's transition.
As the first elected councilwoman of her Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi aims to break long-held patriarchal traditions by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles and stopping child marriages. When accusations arise questioning Sara’s intentions to empower the girls, her identity is put in turmoil.
A Native American Vietnam war veteran considers his life and philosophy as he heads across the US to a reunion.
Short documentary following a children's visit to a natural history museum.
After a 20-year long fruitless search in the Cameroonian forest, Frenchman Michel Ballot is on the verge of giving up his lifelong quest to find the mysterious creature known as the Mokélé-Mbembé. Turning to local initiates for help, and torn between ancestral wisdom and scientific evidence, he embarks on a final journey into powers, knowledge and the unseen.
Documentary following a family of shepherds in a mountainous area of North Macedonia.
Comedian Noam Shuster-Eliassi creates a personal and political one-woman show about the struggle for equality in Israel/Palestine. When the elusive coexistence she’s spent her life working toward starts sounding like a bad joke, she challenges her audiences with hard truths that are no laughing matter.
Documentary about the sanatorium of Les Fontilles, which used to be a sanctuary for people suffering from leprosy.
Bolex camera contemplation of rural Portugal.
Subject to depression and social anxiety, Paul has found refuge in serving women who invite him to clean their homes. By sharing his gently eccentric routines on social media, he combats loneliness and takes it one day at a time.
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