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After the Festival, a majority of titles will be made available for an extended viewing window until June 24, subject to availability.

Best feature to Punta Sacra (Italy), Jury prize to Finnish doc Anerca, Breath of Life.

On May 4 Swiss Films presents an overview of five promising Swiss docs in production, which are about to be launched onto the festival circuit and for worldwide distribution.

Oscar-nominated Petra Costa delivered a highly entertaining and provocative masterclass at VdR during which she discussed her feature films and motivations, specifically the ‘black hole’ of personal trauma.

Prizes follow successful conclusion of Pitching du Réel, Docs in Progress and Rough Cut Lab programmes, presented online this year.

Two people from very different backgrounds, finding each other despite social, religious and societal obstacles - a universal message delivered in a personal and unique story.

Plastic surgeon/artist Dr Han is the personification of the self-improvement phenomenon - a fascinating figure in a compelling soap movie about vanity gone wild.

Amsterdam doc fest’s move a response to “unprecedented levels” of online audience interest during lockdown

A harrowing one-hour seven-minute documentary that went criminally underreported by film journalists when it premiered at the Berlinale, and whose images have every right to become iconic.

In this Argentinian musical doc project, pitching at online Visions du Réel, real inmates at the Ezeiza Prison in Buenos Aires reconstruct scenes from their past lives and imagine their future through singing, dancing and performing.