Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel has unveiled the program for its 55th edition, which includes 10 first films out of 15 in the main international competition, cementing its reputation as a springboard for emerging talent.
The official selection includes 165 films from 50 countries and no fewer than 88 world premieres, making VdR the place to be in April on the international non-fiction film calendar.
Key figures from the world of cinema will be attending including outgoing Berlinale artistic director Carlo Chatrian in the main competition jury, Argentine director and screenwriter Martín Rejtman with his latest film “Riders” in the Burning Lights section, and celebrated French author Christine Angot with her debut film “Une Famille,” which premiered in Berlin.
This year’s opening film is Juan Palacios and Sofie Johannesen’s “As the Tide Comes In,” which has been touring the festival circuit since opening at IDFA. Guests of honor include acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-Ke,...
The official selection includes 165 films from 50 countries and no fewer than 88 world premieres, making VdR the place to be in April on the international non-fiction film calendar.
Key figures from the world of cinema will be attending including outgoing Berlinale artistic director Carlo Chatrian in the main competition jury, Argentine director and screenwriter Martín Rejtman with his latest film “Riders” in the Burning Lights section, and celebrated French author Christine Angot with her debut film “Une Famille,” which premiered in Berlin.
This year’s opening film is Juan Palacios and Sofie Johannesen’s “As the Tide Comes In,” which has been touring the festival circuit since opening at IDFA. Guests of honor include acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-Ke,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
A Letter to Daddy: Angot Continues Confrontation of Incest
In short, there is no way to rate a film like Une Famille, the debut documentary feature from celebrated writer Christine Angot. It is an uncomfortable confrontation with both the surviving family members who were affected by her sexual abuse at the hands of her father and a castigation of the cultural response to three decades of her vocalization about the abuse through her publications and interactions with the news media. As such, it is also a history of a progression in breaking down the barriers for victims of an eternally taboo topic at the cost of being continually re-victimized for her crusade.…...
In short, there is no way to rate a film like Une Famille, the debut documentary feature from celebrated writer Christine Angot. It is an uncomfortable confrontation with both the surviving family members who were affected by her sexual abuse at the hands of her father and a castigation of the cultural response to three decades of her vocalization about the abuse through her publications and interactions with the news media. As such, it is also a history of a progression in breaking down the barriers for victims of an eternally taboo topic at the cost of being continually re-victimized for her crusade.…...
- 2/23/2024
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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