Faya Dayi, a film by Jessica Beshir

Visions du Réel unveils official 2021 selections

For its 52nd edition, Visions du Réel will virtually present 142 films originating from 58 countries. 82 films will be presented as world premieres and 16 as international premieres. The only festival in Switzerland dedicated to documentary filmmaking, Visions du Réel is a flagship event at an international level and is offering a series of specific projects to make itself accessible to as many people as possible. International Feature Film Competition 1970 (dir. Tomasz Wolski) – Poland Bellum – The Daemon of War (dir, David Herdies and Georg Götmark) – Sweden/Denmark Courage (dir. Aliaksei Paluyan) – Germany/Belarus Faya Dayi (dir.…

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For its 52nd edition, Visions du Réel will virtually present 142 films originating from 58 countries. 82 films will be presented as world premieres and 16 as international premieres. The only festival in Switzerland dedicated to documentary filmmaking, Visions du Réel is a flagship event at an international level and is offering a series of specific projects to make itself accessible to as many people as possible.

International Feature Film Competition

  • 1970 (dir. Tomasz Wolski) – Poland
  • Bellum – The Daemon of War (dir, David Herdies and Georg Götmark) – Sweden/Denmark
  • Courage (dir. Aliaksei Paluyan) – Germany/Belarus
  • Faya Dayi (dir. Jessica Beshir) – United States/Ethiopia/Qatar
  • Holgut (dir. Liesbeth de Ceulaer) – Belgium
  • Les Enfants terrible (dir. Ahmet Necdet Cupur) – France, Germany, Turkey
  • Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege) (dir. Abdallah Al-Khatib) – Lebanon/France/Qatar
  • Ostrov – Lost Island (dir. Svetlana Rodina and Laurent Stoop) – Switzerland
  • The Bubble (dir. Valerie Blankenbyl) – Switzerland/Austria
  • The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation (dir. Avi Mograbi) – France/Germany/Israel/Finland
  • The Moon Represents My Heart (La luna representa mi corazón) (dir. Juan Martín Hsu) – Argentina/Taiwan
  • Users (dir. Natalia Almada) – United States/Mexico
  • Zinder (dir. Aicha Macky) – France/Niger/Germany

Burning Lights Competition

  • After the Flood (dir. Yuan Zheng) – China
  • Dida (dir. Nikola Ilić and Corina Schwingruber Ilić) – Switzerland
  • Edna (dir. Eryk Rocha) – Brazil
  • Le Ventre de la montagne (The Belly of the Mountain) (dir. Stephen Loye) – France
  • Looking for Horses (dir. Stefan Pavlović) – Netherlands/Bosnia and Herzegovina, France
  • Non-Stop (Jo ta ke) (dir. Aitziber Olaskoaga) – Spain
  • Notre endroit silencieux (Our Quiet Place) (dir. Elitza Gueorguieva) – France/ Bulgaria
  • Only the Winds (dir. Karim Kassem) – Lebanon/Sweden
  • Searchers (dir. Pacho Velez) – United States
  • Slow Return (dir. Philip Cartelli) – United States/France
  • Soldat Ahmet (dir. Jannis Lenz) – Austria
  • Splinters (Esquirlas) (dir. Natalia Garayalde) – Argentina
  • The Great Void (Die Große Leere) (dir. Sebastian Mez) – Germany
  • Way Beyond (dir. Pauline Julier) – Switzerland
  • WTC A Love Story (dir. Wouter de Raeve and Lietje Bauwens) – Netherlands/Belgium

National Competition

  • À l’intérieur (Within) (dir. Sabine Bally) – Switzerland
  • Chronicles of That Time (Cronache di quel tempo) (dir. Maria Iorio and Raphaël Cuomo) – Switzerland/Italy
  • Dreaming an Island (Sognando un’isola) (dir. Andrea Pellerani) – Switzerland
  • L’Étincelle (dir. Antoine Harari and Valeria Mazzucchi) – Switzerland
  • Les Guérisseurs (Healers) (dir. Marie-Eve Hildbrand) – Switzerland
  • Living Water (Žít vodu) (dir. Pavel Borecký) – Switzerland/Czech Republic/Jordan
  • Nostromo (dir. Fisnik Maxville) – Switzerland
  • Our Child (Menschenskind!) (dir. Marina Belobrovaja) – Switzerland
  • Parallel Lives (dir. Frank Matter) – Switzerland
  • Pushing Boundaries (dir. Lesia Kordonets) – Switzerland
  • The Lunar Course of My Life (Watashi wa tsuki no katawara ni) (dir. Valerie Bäuerlein) – Switzerland/Germany
  • The Mushroom Speaks (dir. Marion Neumann) – Switzerland

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