Visions du Reel- Nyon International Documentary Film Festival

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Nyon, Switzerland April 23 - 29, 2009
Call for Entry Deadline: January 05, 2009
October 15, 2008 for films completed between May and September 2008; January 05, 2009 for films completed after September 2008; Market: March 15, 2009 for the films produced within 12 months prior to the Festival
Festival Data:
- Established: 1969
- Genre: Documentary (click to see)
- Attendance: 28000
- Media Attendance: 170
- Accredited Industry Attendance: 1400
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 1600
- Total Number of Films Screened: 160
- Total Screenings: 250
- Total National and International Premieres: 81
- Competitive
- Film Market
- Students Section
- Has Panels
Festival Website:
www.visionsdureel.ch
Festival Description:

Originating in the trend for ciné-clubs, the Festival first came into being in 1969. At the end of the seventies, it reached its first stage of maturity. It was in Nyon that it became possible to discover the films produced in the countries of the Eastern bloc, as well as those from other parts of the world, without forgetting Swiss productions which have always been outstanding for their subject matter and aesthetic qualities. It was also in Nyon that the various struggles for independence found an echo: ranging from the Third World countries to the emancipation of women and even taking part in sexual liberation.

The evolution of the Festival continued in 1995, when a new management was appointed. Renamed from then on « Visions du Réel », the event very quickly made a name for itself as one of the most important rendez-vous of this speciality cinema, both in Switzerland and on the international scene.

Alongside a program planning which encourages meetings and dialogue between every form of cinema du réel (experimental films, essays, diaries, family films, major reports, historical inquiries, epic or fragmentary stories), events such as Etats des Lieux and their Workshops which welcome the illustrious names of cinema (Johan van der Keuken, Robert Kramer, Alexandre Sokourov, Robert Frank, Raymond Depardon or Frederick Wiseman) have become musts. As for Séances spéciales, or Special Sessions, these shed new enlightenment on a group of coherent films ("Corpus Chisti" and Arte, Les Hommes-livres et Memoriav, Steps for the Future and
Atelier 02, etc.).

Visions du Réel is not just another international Festival. Situated in Nyon in Switzerland - geographically at the centre of Europe - the festival positions itself to be a crossroads, a stopping place presenting real opportunities for new discoveries, encounters and discussions. Working in French, German and English, the festival is an axis which provides a link between French and German-speaking cultures especially.

The objective of Visions du Réel is to show the world as it is perceived, to break away from the mainstream. The Festival offers a diversity of committed and inspired points of view while making it possible to correlate experiences, reflections and aspirations.
Email: docnyon(at)visionsdureel.ch

Phone: (41) 22 365 44 55

Fax: (41) 22 365 44 50

Mailing Address: 18 rue Juste-Olivier
Nyon 1260
Switzerland

Email:	docnyon(at)visionsdureel.ch
Phone:	(41) 22 365 44 55
Fax:	(41) 22 365 44 50
Mailing Address:	18 rue Juste-Olivier Nyon 1260 Switzerland

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APR 28 04:41PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Award Winners for the 2008 Visions du Reel- Nyon International Documentary Film Festival

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:

THE INTERNATIONAL JURY:
Claire Aguilar (producer ITVS, USA), Séverine Barde (cinematographer, Switzerland), Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich (producer, Netherlands), Andreas Horvath
(director, photogapher), awards the following prizes:

Grand Prix La Poste Suisse – Visions du Réel, CHF 20'000.- to:
THE LIE OF THE LAND
Directed by: Molly Dineen, UK

Prix SRG SSR idée suisse, CHF 10'000.- to:
NUIT DE CHINE
Directed by: Ju An-Qi, France/Italia/China

LE JURY DU PUBLIC:
Claude Bernhard, Camelia Cioara, Vincent Milliard, Vreni Müller-Hemmi, awarded:

Prix du public de la Ville de Nyon, CHF 10'000.- awarded by the Municipalité de Nyon to:
ENTRE OURS ET LOUP (24H DANS LA VILLE DE N.)
Directed by: Denis Sneguirev, France/Russia

LE JURY INTERRELIGIEUX:
Viviane Borderie (France), Gisela Blau (Switzerland), Elâ Gurmen (Turkey), Serge Mulla (Switzerland), decided

Prix du interreligious jury of CHF 5'000.- awarded by the Eglise catholique suisse and by the Conférence des Eglises protestantes de Romandie (CER)
THE EXISTENCE
Directed by: Marcin Koszalka, Poland

and a Special Mention to
ENTRE OURS ET LOUP (24H DANS LA VILLE DE N.)
Directed by: Denis Sneguirev, France/Russia

LE JURY DU JEUNE PUBLIC:
Aline Fuchs, Ibrahim Obeida, Bastien Métraux, Lia Rossion, Emilie Walbaum, decided that

Prix de la DDC of CHF 5'000.- to
D’UN MUR L’AUTRE – DE BERLIN A CEUTA
Directed by: Patric Jean, Belgium/France

THe Ypung Jury Prize of the Société des Hôteliers de la Côte of CHF 2'500.- to
THE EXISTENCE
Directed by: Marcin Koszalka, Poland

REGARDS NEUFS:

LE JURY REGARDS NEUFS:
Ernesto Baca (director, Argentina), Jan Peters (director, Germany), Thomas Thümena (producer Hugofilm, Switzerland), Wang Pai-Zhang (director Taiwan), decided both:

Prix de l'Etat de Vaud de CHF 2 X 5’000.- each to
LES HOMMES DE LA FORET 21
Directed by: Julien Samani, France
NO LONDON TODAY de Delphine Deloget, France

and a Special Mention to
SOLLBRUCHSTELLE
Directed by: Eva Stotz, Allemagne

SWISS CINEMA:

THE JURY SWISS CINEMA:
Roger de Diesbach (journalist, Switzerland, Ulle Schröder (Arte Strasbourg, France), Bruno Ulmer (director, France), decided that

Prix George Foundation for the Best Newcomer in Film CHF 10'000.- to
LA MERE
Directed by: Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov, Switzerland/France/Russia

Prix Suissimage/Société suisse des auteurs SSA – film suisse le plus novateur, CHF 10'000.- to
TEMOIN INDESIRABLE
Directed by: Juan Lozano, Switzerland

The Swiss jury awarded a Special Mention to
THE BEAST WITHIN
Directed by: Yves Scagliola, Switzerland

ALL SECTIONS:

LE JURY FOR CRIME CINEMA:
Thomas Krompecher (professor), Anne Reiser (lawyer), Stéphane Blok (musician and writer), awarded the

Prix «Regards sur le crime» of CHF 5’000.- decided by a group of lawyers for Geneva to
LA PETITE BOITEUSE de Robin Harsch, Switzerland

and a Special Mention to the film
ARTICLE 43
Directed by: Denise Gilliand, Switzerland
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JUN 11, 2007 01:18PM FFW Films Editor writes:

Award Winners for the 2007 Visions du Reel- Nyon International Documentary Film Festival

Grand Prix Visions du Réel: “Söhne”
Directed by: Volker Koepp

Prix SRG SSR: “Scenes De Chasse Au Sanglier”
Directed by: Claudio Pazienza

Prix du public de la Ville de Nyon: “Heimatklänge”
Directed by: Stefan Schwietert

Prix du jury interreligieux: “Welcome Europa”
Directed by: Bruno Ulmer

Prix de l´Etat de Vaud: “Akhmeteli 4”
Directed by: Artchil Khetagouri

Prix Suissimage/Société suisse des auteurs SSA: “Retour A Goree”
Directed by: Pierre-Yves Borgeaud

Prix «Regards sur le crime»: “Le Cote Obscur De La Dame Blanche”
Directed by: Patricio Henriquez

Prix spécial Templeton de la Fondation John Templeton: “State Legislature”
Directed by: Frederick Wiseman
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