Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel (VdR), meaning “Visions of Reality,” unveiled its 2026 lineup on Wednesday, featuring the latest films from established and new names, as well as a selection of the best from the recent fest circuit.
The 57th edition of the festival in Nyon, near Geneva, which runs April 17-26, will present a program featuring 164 films from a record 75 countries. “Among the 128 new films presented, 83 are world premieres and eight international premieres. 58 first films, including 36 first feature-length films, complete the picture,” with no fewer than 26 Swiss productions or co-productions, organizers said.
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Among the lineup are Heat, the new doc by Jacqueline Zünd, and such recent festival highlights as John Wilson’s The History of Concrete, American Doctor by Poh Si Teng, Jaripeo by Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig, and CPH:DOX winner and hybrid doc Whispers in May by Dongnan Chen. Even Oliver Laxe’s Oscar-nominated drama Sirât made the cut. The 57th edition will open with a screening
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