Switzerland’s Visions du Réel documentary festival will screen 14 films, 13 of which will be world premieres, as part of its official competition strand at this year’s festival, which runs from April 4-13. The festival launched its full lineup this morning. The official competition jury will feature Hama Haruka, director of the Yamagata International Documentary […]Switzerland’s Visions du Réel documentary festival will screen 14 films, 13 of which will be world premieres, as part of its official competition strand at this year’s festival, which runs from April 4-13. The festival launched its full lineup this morning. The official competition jury will feature Hama Haruka, director of the Yamagata International Documentary
Switzerland’s Visions du Réel documentary festival will screen 14 films, 13 of which will be world premieres, as part of its official competition strand at this year’s festival, which runs from April 4-13.
The festival launched its full lineup this morning. The official competition jury will feature Hama Haruka, director of the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, American filmmaker Eliza Hittman (Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always), and Greek filmmaker Athiná-Rachél Tsangári (Harvest).
Competition titles include Anamocot by French artist Marie Voignier (NA China), Julien Elie (Shifting Baselines), and Little, Big and Far by Jem Cohen (Museum Hours). Scroll down for the full lineup.
As previously announced, Raoul Peck will be the festival’s guest of honor and will receive the Prix d’Honneur on Monday 7 April, with a tribute by IDFA festival director and producer Orwa Nyrabia, before a screening of his latest film Ernest Cole: Lost and Found. He will also give a masterclass alongside French journalist Elisabeth Lequeret. A retrospective of his documentary and hybrid work will also be screened at the festival.
Elsewhere, British filmmaker and producer Asif Kapadia will feature as part of the VdR-Industry days with a masterclass. He will also screen his film Amy (2015). Hittman, Tsangári, Georgian filmmaker Elene Naveriani, and Berlinale programmer Michael Stütz will also give industry masterclasses.
International Feature Film Competition:
● Anamocot by Marie Voignier, Cameroon/France, 2025, 91’, World premiere
● Aurora by João Vieira Torres, Brazil/Portugal/France, 2025, 129’, World premiere
● Iron Winter by Kasimir Burgess, Australia/Mongolia, 2025, 90’, World premiere
● Little, Big, and Far by Jem Cohen, Austria/USA, 2025, 122’, International premiere
● La Montagne d’or by Roland Edzard, Belgium/France, 2025, 85’, World premiere
● Niñxs by Kani Lapuerta, Mexico/Germany, 2025, 86’, World premiere
● Obscure Night – “Ain’t I a Child“ by Sylvain George, Switzerland/France, 2025, 164’, World premiere
● Shifting Baselines by Julien Elie, Canada, 2025, 101’, World premiere
● Soldiers of Light by Julian Vogel and Johannes Büttner, Germany, 2025, 108’, World premiere
● The Attachment by Mamadou Khouma Gueye, Senegal/Belgium/France, 2025, 76’, World premiere
● The Mountain Won’t Move by Petra Seliškar, Slovenia/North Macedonia/France, 2025, 94’, World premiere
● The Prince Of Nanawa by Clarisa Navas, Argentina/Paraguay/Colombia/Germany, 2025, 212’, World premiere
● To Use a Mountain by Casey Carter, USA, 2025, 99’, World premiere
● Where Two Oceans Meet by Lulu Scott, France/Belgium/South Africa, 2025, 75’, World premiere
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