Nyon-based Visions du Réel has opened the call for film and projects for its 55th edition which will run 12 to 21 April 2024. Films in competition are screened as world, international or European premieres.
The film sections are:
International Feature Film Competition
Burning Lights Competition
National Competition
International Medium Length and Short Film Competition
Grand Angle
Opening Scenes
Highlights
Special Screenings
The VdR–Industry sections are:
VdR–Pitching
VdR–Work in Progress
VdR–Rough Cut Lab
VdR–Development Lab
First deadline: 6 November 2023 – for films finished by October 2022, and for projects already ready for submission.
Final deadline: 20 December 2023
Deadline for VdR–Development Lab: 31 October 2023
Click here to submit both films and projects
Visions du Réel 2023
At the end of Visions du Réel 2023 Swiss-Canadian director Peter Mettler was presented the Grand Prix of the International Feature Film Competition with While the Green Grass Grows, a project that will consist of seven parts once completed – two of which were presented as a world premiere. This is the second time Peter Mettler has won the award, after his Gambling, Gods and LSD in 2002.
The Burning Lights Competition was won by Knit’s Island, by Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse & Quentin L’helgoualc’h and shot entirely inside a video game.
The National Competition winner was Chagrin Valley, a debut film by Nathalie Berger that offers a disconcerting immersion in the evanescent daily life of retirement home residents.
