Visions du réel
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Humboldt USA
NATURE: Across fractured American landscapes, Alexander von Humboldt’s forgotten legacy links endangered species, damaged infrastructure and the technological urge to measure nature into disappearance.
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Heat
CLIMATE: In Heat, Jacqueline Zünd gracefully explores the extreme weather conditions in the Persian Gulf, among the hottest inhabited regions on the planet
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Dentro
ARTS: Set inside Tuscany’s Volterra Penitentiary, Dentro is a quiet, powerful portrait of incarcerated men discovering creativity, discipline, and emotional range through theatre.
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Visions du Réel sets 2026 slate with Cover-Up, The Mastermind, Dao and Melt
Visions du Réel has unveiled the lineup for its 57th edition, with Laura Poitras’ Cover-Up set to open the Swiss documentary showcase in Nyon on 17 April. The 2026 edition will present 164 films from 75 countries, including 128 new titles, 83 world premieres and 8 international premieres. Among the highest-profile titles, Poitras will also…
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Replica
AI: In Replica, women turn to AI partners for comfort, affirmation, and emotional refuge, exposing the social and psychological conditions that make such attachments possible.
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American Doctor
GAZA: Following three American physicians in and beyond Gaza, 'American Doctor' confronts genocide, media legibility, and the ever-collapsing distance between war and domestic responsibility.
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Whispers in May
CHILDHOOD: Set in China's Liangshan Mountains, the hybrid documentary gently draws us into the world of a 14-year-old girl and her two best friends.
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Birds Of War
JOURNALISM: The unequal power dynamics of global journalism through a love story forged across war, exile, and reporting.
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Cutting Through Rocks
IRAN: Set in rural Iran yet reaching far beyond it, this is a quietly incendiary portrait of female autonomy under pressure.