Documentary film festival Visions du Réel, which runs April 15-25, has unveiled the 29 projects that will be presented in its industry program, VdR-Industry.
The VdR-Industry Awards, including three new cash awards, will be granted by an international jury gathering Eurimage’s executive director Roberto Olla, Italian film director Roberto Minervini and Rasha Salti, independent film and visual arts curator, as well as commissioning editor for La Lucarne, Arte France.
VdR-Industry is designed as a springboard for projects, enabling them to find support for their production. Out of 527 submissions, VdR-Industry picked 29 projects by 35 filmmakers hailing from 32 countries. Seventeen directors are female, 18 are men. Fifteen projects are directed and produced by filmmakers from countries of the global South or global East.
– Sixteen feature length projects are invited to VdR-Pitching, the international co-production and financing forum. Ready for production, the projects marry artistic ambition, strong topics and international potential.