US EditionVisions Du Réel Unveils Lineup as Submissions Jump 23% Despite Doc Market Pressures
The festival features 164 films from 75 countries, including 58 first films and 36 debut features, highlighting diverse global cinematic voices and new fiction-documentary approaches.
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The 57th edition of the festival dedicated to documentary cinema will open on April 17 with "Cover-Up", of the multi-primée Laura Poitras. The work of the American Kelly Reichardt and the Ukrainian Sergei Loznitsa will be honoured, while a Swiss film and two Swiss co-productions appear in international competitionWe already knew the names of three major international guests of the Festival Visions du Réel, and they impose them. Indeed, will trav…
Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Reel unveiled its 2026 program lineup for its 57th edition.
Visions du Réel sets 2026 slate with Cover-Up, The Mastermind, Dao and Melt
Visions du Réel has unveiled the lineup for its 57th edition, with Laura Poitras’ Cover-Up set to open the Swiss documentary showcase in Nyon on 17 April. The 2026 edition will present 164 films from 75 countries, including 128 new titles, 83 world premieres and 8 international premieres. Among the highest-profile titles, Poitras will also attend as an industry guest, while Kelly Reichardt arrives as guest of honor and will present her latest fe…
In a landscape saturated with images and stories, Visions du Réel wishes to act as a compass. For its 57th edition, the documentary film festival offers 164 films from 75 countries. See Nyon (VD) from 17 to 26 April 2026.
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