showcasing an official selection of 165 films from 50 different countries, with gender parity for the second year running, including about 20 German productions and co-productions. With 88 world premieres and 14 international premieres amongst the 128 new films in the programme, Visions du Réel reaffirms its position as Switzerland’s second most important festival in terms of launching new films, and as an unmissable international event for non-fiction cinema.
The award ceremony on April 20, 2024 evening marks the conclusion of the competitions of the 55th edition of Visions du Réel and reveals the eagerly anticipated 2024 winners, including three German co–productions.
Let's Meet:
• Switzerland Meets Austria and Germany, April 15, 2024, 2:30-6 p.m. for future co-productions opportunities as well as
• VdR–Magic Hour: Meet the Germans presented by German Films at THE FACTORY, April 15, 6-7 p.m.
Photo©Nikita Thevoz
LineUp German productions and co-productions:
- ABOUT HAPPY HIPPOS AND SAD PEACOCKS by Johannes Förster, Elkin Calderón Guevara, 28min, P: Studio Johannes Förster, [International Medium Length & Short Film Competition]
- THE BIG DAY | SCHÜTZENFEST by Lennart Miketta, Lennart Hüper, 24min, WS: sixpackfilm, [Opening Scenes]
- CARROPASAJERO by Juan Pablo Polanco Carranza, Cesar Alejandro Jaimes, 103min, P: Los niños films, pong film GmbH, [Burning Lights Competition]
- A FIDAL FILM by Kamal Aljafari, 78min, P: Kamal Aljafari Prouctions, Q&A, [Jury Prize – Burning Lights Competition]
- THE GATE by Jasmin Herold, Michael Beamish, 83min, P: Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH, WS: Deckert Distribution, D: GMfilms, [Doc Alliance Selection]
- GENE:SIS by Kia Krebs, 17min, P: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH, [Opening Scenes]
- HOW TO BE PEHUEN PEDRE | COMO SER PEHUEN PEDRE by Federico Luis, 20min, P: RUiDO, [International Medium Length & Short Film Competition]
- INTO THE MAGNETIC FIELDS by Sandra Schäfer, 14min, P: mazefilm, [International Medium Length & Short Film Competition]
- IRON BUTTERFLIES by Roman Liubyi, 84min, WS: RISE AND SHINE, P: Babylon '13, Trimafilm GmbH, [Doc Alliance Selection]
- LA DUNA by Emerson Culurgioni, Stefanie Schroeder, 93min, P: ROSENPICTURES Filmproduktion GbR, Q&A, [Burning Lights Competition]
- KAMAY by Ilyas Yourish, Shahrokh Bikaran, 106min, WS: CAT&Docs, P: Clin d'oeil films, ROW Pictures GmBH – Karsten Stöter, [Interreligious Award – International Feature Film Competition]
- MACHINE BOYS by Karimah Ashadu, 8min, P: Leonardo Bigazzi, Fondazione In Between Art Film, Q&A, [International Medium Length & Short Film Competition]_
- MY STOLEN PLANET by Farahnaz Sharifi, 82min, WS: CAT&Docs, P: JYOTI Film GmbH, Pak Film GmbH, [Highlights]
- PREPARATIONS FOR A MIRACLE | DAS LETZTE KÖNIGREICH – REISEBERICHT EINER MASCHINE by Tobias Nölle, 88min, P: hugofilm features GmbH, Flare Film GmbH, [Burning Lights Competition]
- REAS by Lola Arias, 90min, WS: LUXBOX, P: Gema Films, Sutor Kolonko, Mira Film, [Highlights]
- THE RETURN OF THE PROJECTIONIST | LE RETOUR DU PROJECTIONNISTE | DIE RÜCKKEHR DES FILMVORFÜHRERS by Orkhan Aghazadeh, 87min, P: kidam, Lichtblick Film, Q&A, [International Feature Film Competition]
- SHAHID by Narges Kalhor, 82min, P: Michael Kalb Filmproduction, Q&A, [Burning Lights Competition]
- STORIES OF JAKOB | GESCHICHTEN VOM JAKOB by Perghuzat Enver, 12min, P: HFBK Hamburg, [Opening Scenes]
- TOMORROW, THE BURNING HEAVENS | HIMMELSFEUER by Max Bloching, 22min, P: Studio Max Bloching, [International Medium Length & Short Film Competition]
- TONGO SAA – RISING UP AT NIGHT by Nelson Makengo, 95min P: Twenty Nine Studio & Production, Mutotu Productions, coP: Film Five GmbH, Diam Productions, Auguste Orts, Magellan Films, [Special Jury Award – International Feature Film Competition]
Browse the full programme here.
Dedicated to cinema professionals, VdR–Industry and its activities represent a springboard for future films to find support in every stage of their production. Meet the decision–makers (buyers, broadcasters, funders and commissioners) who will attend this year festival.
The VdR–Industry Forums are:
• VdR–Pitching .
• VdR–Work in Progress .
• VdR–Rough Cut Lab .
• VdR–Development Lab .
• VdR–Film Market .
browse all selected projects for the VdR- Industry Programme here.
SAVE THE DATE
Co-Producing with Germany presented by German Films Managing Director Simone Baumann, April 15, 2024, 2:30-3:15 p.m. at Petite Colombière 1. Come learn the ins and outs of co-producing with one of Europe’s favourite producing partners – Germany.
Switzerland Meets Austria & Germany Co-Pro Pitch + One-on-Ones presented in collaboration with Austrian Films & German Films, April 15, 2024, 3:30-6 p.m. at Petite Colombière 1,
Looking to meet producers from Austria, Germany or Switzerland? Want to find out about some projects you can join? Then come this producer-focused pitching session and see if you can find your next co-pro partner. This pitch will be followed by short one-on-one meetings for those interested in further exploring producing opportunites with our special Switzerland Meets Austria & Germany delegation.
VdR-Industry Magic Hour: Meet the DACH
To celebrate VdR's strong bond with our German-speaking neighbours, the team is hosting a VdR–Industry Magic Hour with our friends at the Federal Office of Culture. Open to Industry and Networking accreditations. At THE FACTORY on April 14, 6-7 p.m.
In addition to this, if you’d like to meet and network with the delegations, all Industry and Networking guests are invited to book a meeting through our online Matchmaking Service or directly at our VdR–Lounge: VdR–Lounge, Usine à Gaz, Rue César Soulié 1, 1260 Nyon
VdR–Film Market 2024 with German productions and co-productions such as:
- A BODY LIKE MINE by Maja Classen, 35min, P: POISON, [VdR-Film Market]
- ÄON by Emilia Haar, 9min, P: HFF MUNICH, [VdR-Film Market]
- ABOUT HAPPY HIPPOS AND SAD PEACOCKS by Johannes Förster, Elkin Calderón Guevara, 28min, P: Studio Johannes Förster, [VdR-Film Market]
- AT LEAST DESIRES DON'T GROW OLD | ALMENO I DESIDERI NON INVECCHIANO by Tommaso Marinaro, 28min, [VdR-Film Market]
- THE BIG DAY | SCHÜTZENFEST by Lennart Miketta, Lennart Hüper, 24min, WS: sixpackfilm, [VdR-Film Market]
- BOALANDIA | BOALÂNDIA by Patrik Thomas, Mathias Reitz Zausinger, 93min, C: Mathias Reitz Zausinger, [VdR-Film Market]
- CARROPASAJERO by Juan Pablo Polanco Carranza, Cesar Alejandro Jaimes, 103min, P: Los niños films, pong film GmbH, [VdR-Film Market]
- THE CHILDREN BEHIND ZALAGA by Karim Ali,65min, P: Rolling Narratives, [VdR-Film Market]
- COLLECTING MATERIALS | MATERIALSAMMLUNG by David Gómez Alzate, 64min, P: BRUMA CINE, [VdR-Film Market]
- DEAR DAD by Auste Urbanaviciute, 16min, [VdR-Film Market]
- DO YOU DARE TO SHOW ME THE WOUND by Danila Lipatov, 20min, [VdR-Film Market]
- ECHOES FROM BORDERLAND by Lara Milena Brose, 70min, P: HFF Munich, [VdR-Film Market]
- THE END OF A BIRD | DAS ENDE EINES VOGELS by Laura Urbanski, 27min, [VdR-Film Market]
- THE FABULOUS WORLD OF DR. CADÉOT | DIE FABELHAFTE WELT DES DR. CADÉOT by Ulrike Pfeiffer, 85min, P: TAG/TRAUM, KINESCOPE, [VdR-Film Market]
- A FIDAL FILM by Kamal Aljafari, 78min, P: Kamal Aljafari Prouctions, [VdR-Film Market]
- For Real. PENG. | Echt. Jetzt. PENG. by Hartmut Seifert, Katja Schupp, 11min, P: augenAUF! Filmproduktion e.K., [VdR-Film Market]
- FREE RADICAL | FREIE RADIKALE by Natalie Muntermann, Alexandra Schröder, 22min, [VdR-Film Market]
- THE GATE by Jasmin Herold, Michael Beamish, 83min, P: Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH, WS: Deckert Distribution, D: GMfilms, [VdR-Film Market]
- GENE:SIS by Kia Krebs, 17min, P: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH, [VdR-Film Market]
- GRAINS OF SAND by Sarah Gross, 90min, C: Athena Kalopoulou, [VdR-Film Market]
- HAIRPIN BENEATH by Chai Zhi Hou, 23min, P: Zishi Han, [VdR-Film Market]
- HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT by Alexander Horwath, 184min, P: Mischief Films, Medea Film Factory, [VdR-Film Market]
- HERCULES by Felix Bartke, 23min 11sec, P: KHM – Academy of Media Arts Cologne, [VdR-Film Market]
- HOW TO BE PEHUEN PEDRE | COMO SER PEHUEN PEDRE by Federico Luis, 20min, P: RUiDO, [VdR-Film Market]
- IN MY WORDS by Moje Wlasne Slowa, 79min, WS: Viktor Witkowski, [VdR-Film Market]
- INTO THE MAGNETIC FIELDS by Sandra Schäfer, 14min, P: mazefilm, [VdR-Film Market]
- IRON BUTTERFLIES by Roman Liubyi, 84min, WS: RISE AND SHINE, P: Babylon '13, Trimafilm GmbH, [VdR-Film Market]
- KAMAY by Ilyas Yourish, Shahrokh Bikaran, 106min, P: Clin d'oeil films, WS: CAT&Docs, [VdR-Film Market]
- KAZUO by Francoise Desbois, 97min, [VdR-Film Market]
- L' „Il Y A“ DU RAPPORT SEXUEL – ENTITY, IDENTIY AND THTE CONSTRUCTION OF A SITUATIONAL SAN FRANCISCO by Jos Diegel, 94min, [VdR-Film Market]
- LA DUNA by Emerson Culurgioni, Stefanie Schroeder, 93min, P: ROSENPICTURES Filmproduktion GbR, [VdR-Film Market]
- MACHINE BOYS by Karimah Ashadu, 8min, P: Leonardo Bigazzi, Fondazione In Between Art Film [VdR-Film Market]
- MIRTEMIR IS ALRIGHT by Sasha Kulak, Borodin Michael, 26min, P: Einbahnstraße Productions – Julia Shaginurova, [VdR-Film Market]_
- MIZU NO OTO – THE SOUND OF WATER | MIZU NO OTO – DER KLANG DES WASSER by Edith Jud, 110min, [VdR-Film Market]
- MONUMENT | PAMYATNIK by Maksim Avdeev, 15min, [VdR-Film Market]
- MY STOLEN PLANET by Farahnaz Sharifi, 82min, WS: CAT&Docs, P: JYOTI Film GmbH, Pak Film GmbH, [VdR-Film Market]
- NO PLACE LIKE HOME (WT) | DER SCHÖNSTE ARBEITSPLATZ DER WELT (AT) by Daniel Abma, 85min, P: Bandenfilm, [VdR-Film Market]
- OPERATION NAMIBIA by Martin Paret, 93min, P: KHM – Academy of Media Arts Cologne, [VdR-Film Market]
- THE PICKERS by Elke Sasse, 80min, P: berlin producers, [VdR-Film Market]
- THE PRINCESS AND THE PEACOCK by Daniel Baker, 13min, [VdR-Film Market]
- PREPARATIONS FOR A MIRACLE | DAS LETZTE KÖNIGREICH – REISEBERICHT EINER MASCHINE by Tobias Nölle, 88min, P: hugofilm features GmbH, Flare Film GmbH, [VdR-Film Market]
- PURGATOIRE – CINEMA THAT KILLS by Alexis Guillier, 61min, [VdR-Film Market]
- REAS by Lola Arias, 90min, P: Gema Films, Sutor Kolonko, Mira Film, [VdR-Film Market]
- THE RETURN OF THE PROJECTIONIST | LE RETOUR DU PROJECTIONNISTE by Orkhan Aghazadeh, 87min, P: kidam, Lichtblick Film, [VdR-Film Market]
- SHAHID by Narges Kalhor, 82min, P: Michael Kalb Filmproduction, [VdR-Film Market]
- STILL WATERS by Lange Jil, 30min, P: Interferences – Evi Stamou, [VdR-Film Market]_
- STORIES OF JAKOB | GESCHICHTEN VOM JAKOB by Perghuzat Enver, 12min, P: HFBK Hamburg, [VdR-Film Market]
- THE WAY LOVE GOES | WIE DIE LIEBE GEHT by Antje Kruska, Judith Keil, 153min, P: Keil Kruska Film UG, [VdR-Film Market]
- TOMORROW, THE BURNING HEAVENS | HIMMELSFEUER by Max Bloching, 22min, P: Studio Max Bloching, [VdR-Film Market]
- TRACES TO GRAFENECK | SPUREN NACH GRAFENECK by Nora Mazurek, Yvonne Lachmann, 90min, P: KHM – Academy of Media Arts Cologne, [VdR-Film Market]
- A TRUTH BUT WHICH by Emilia Naomi Keller, 18min, [VdR-Film Market]
- TRUTH OR DARE by Maja Classen, 74min, P: POISON GmbH, [VdR-Film Market]
- TWO GIANTS THAT EXIST HERE – A GERMAN FAIRYTALE | ZWEI RIESEN, DIE ES HIER GIBT – EIN DEUTSCHES MÄRCHEN by Gianna Scholten, 21min, P: KHM – Academy of Media Arts Cologne, [VdR-Film Market]
- THE UPRIGHT STANCE | DIE RICHTIGE HALTUNG by Jonas Hermanns, Ole Steinberg, 89min, P: KHM – Academy of Media Arts Cologne, [VdR-Film Market]
- WAITING FOR ETERNITY by Daria Altukhova, 47min, C: Dasha Altukhova, [VdR-Film Market]
LineUp of the selected German projects, production and co-production:
- BURNING DADDY by Tana Gilbert, Chile, Germany [VdR-Pitching]
- THE HOUSE OF SHADOWS by Amine Hattou, Algeria, France, Germany [VdR–Pitching]
- LISTENING TO THE WORLD by Yelizaveta Smith Ukraine, Germany, Sweden [VdR–Work in Progress]
- MAGNETIC LETTERS by Demie Dangia, Philippines, France, Germany [VdR–Pitching]
- TAU by Timofey Stekolschuk, Georgia, Germany [VdR–Rough Cut Lab]
- TOTEMIC by Stéphanie Barbey, Switzerland, Germany [VdR–Pitching]
The 2024 VdR–Film Market catalogue will be available from the start of the Festival on April 12 – July 21, 2024. This secured online platform offers key industry professionals the opportunity to view a selection of new creative documentaries.
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