52nd Visions du Réel announces industry awards

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Modern Times Review

April 21, 2021

Continuing through 25 April, the 52nd edition of Visions du Réel has just announced their industry awards.

VdR–Pitching Award: Science Fiction (dir. Ezequiel Yanco; prod: Ana Godoy, Ezquiel Yanco) – Argentina
The Party Film Sales Award: King Coal (dir. Elaine McMillion Sheldon; prod. Shane Boris) – USA
RTS Award: Yoga Village (dir. Rongfei Guo; prod. Wenxin Zhong) – China
HEAD–Genève Postproduction Award: Yoga Village (dir. Rongfei Guo; prod. Wenxin Zhong) – China
Cannes Docs Award: The Last Year of Darkness (dir. Ben Mullinkossonl; prod. Sol Ye) – China, United States
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Award: But Dear Lord Why? (dir. Rati Tsiteladze; prod. Olga Slusareva, Nino Varsimashvili, Rati Tsiteladze) – Georgia
DOK Leipzig/DOK Industry Networking Award: Malqueridas (dir. Tana Gilbert; prod. Paola Castillo) – Chile

VdR–Work in Progress Award: Transfariana (dir. Joris Lachaise; prod. Line Peyron,Guillermo Quintero) – France, Colombia
Lightdox Award: Blue Island (dir. Chan Tze Woon; prod. Catherine Chan, Peter Yam) – Hong Kong, SAR, China, Japan
Raggioverde Subtitling Award: Another Spring (dir. Mladen Kovačević; prod. Iva Plemić Divjak) Serbia
EFM Award: About Everything There Is To Know (dir. Sofía Velázquez; prod. Carolina Denegri) – Peru
DAE Encouragement Award: The Home (dir. Jessie Zinn, Chase Musslewhite; prod. Jessie Zinn, Chase Musslewhite) – South Africa, USA
Freestudios Award: We, Students! (dir. Rafiki Fariala; prod. Daniele Incalcaterra, Boris Lojkine) – Central African Republic, France, Congo

visions sud est Award: The Vanishing (dir. Rama Thiaw; prod. Hortense Maunoury, Jean-Laurent Csinidis) – Senegal, France

IDFA Spotlight Award: Don’t Hesitate to Come for a Visit, Mom (dir. Anna Artemyeva) – Belgium, Hungary, Portugal, Russia
TËNK Award: Seeking Aline (dir. Rokhaya Marieme Blade; prod. Elisa Gómez Alvarez) – Switzerland, Senegal
META Cultural Foundation Award: Not Over Yet (dir. Monise Nicodemo) – Brazil