The awards of the 55th Visions du Réel were handed out April 19. The Festival continues in person until Sunday and online until the evening of 28 April.
The Grand Jury Prize of International Feature Film Competition was given to The Landscape and the Fury by Nicole Vögele (Switzerland) while the Special Jury Award was won by Rising Up at Night by Nelson Makengo (Democratic Republic of Congo, Belgium, Germany, Burkina Faso, Qatar). The Jury Prize in the Burning Lights Competition was awarded to A Fidai Film by Kamal Aljafari (Palestine, Germany, Qatar, Brazil, France). The film Brunaupark by Felix Hergert and Dominik Zietlow took the prize for the National Competition, awarded by SRG SSR. Finally, the Audience Award, given by the town of Nyon, went to Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal and Rachel Szor, with their film No Other Land.
Emilie Bujès, Artistic Director of Visions du Réel, commented: “It’s a pleasure to see the work of a bold – and Swiss – filmmaker rewarded for a major film. Her student film was previously screened at the Festival in 2013. The rest of the list of prize winners – both adventurous and joyful – is extremely open from a geographical perspective, including films from Africa, South America, Asia and the Middle East. It therefore embraces numerous forms and approaches, strongly embodying the diversity of the 2024 programming, which has reached many different audiences over the last ten days.”
VISIONS DU RÉEL 2024 – AWARDS
International Feature Film Competition
- Grand Jury Prize offered by la Mobilière. CHF 20,000: The Landscape and the Fury, Nicole Vögele (Switzerland)
- Special Jury Award offered by Région de Nyon. CHF 10,000: Rising Up at Night, Nelson Makengo (Democratic Republic of Congo, Belgium, Germany, Burkina Faso, Qatar)
- Special Mentions: My Memory Is Full of Ghosts, Anas Zawahri (Syria), We Are Inside, Farah Kassem (Lebanon, Qatar, Denmark)
Burning Lights Competition
- Jury Prize in the Burning Lights Competition offered by Canton de Vaud. CHF 10,000. A Fidai Film, Kamal Aljafari (Palestine, Germany, Qatar, Brazil, France)
- Special Jury Award offered by la Société des Hôteliers de la Côte. CHF 5,000. Riders, Martín Rejtman (Argentina, Portugal, Venezuela)
- Special Mention: (Revolution, Fulfil Your Promise) Red Love, Dora García (Mexico, Spain, Norway, Belgium)
National Competition
- Jury Prize in the National Competition offered by SRG SSR. CHF 15,000. Brunaupark, Felix Hergert and Dominik Zietlow (Switzerland)
- Special Jury Award in the National Competition for a feature film directed by a filmmaker of Swiss nationality or resident in Switzerland offered by SSA/Suissimage. CHF 10,000. Valentina and the MUOSters, Francesca Scalisi (Switzerland, Italy)
- Special Mentions. An Ordinary Life, Alexander Kuznetsov (France, Switzerland, USA). Sauve qui peut, Alexe Poukine (Belgium, Switzerland, France)
International Medium Length and Short Film Competition
- Jury Prize for the best Medium Length Film offered by Clinique de Genolier. CHF 6,000. Campus Monde, N’tifafa Y.E. Glikou (Senegal, Benin, France)
- Jury Prize for the best Short Film offered by la Fondation Goblet. CHF 5,000. Memories of an Unborn Sun, Marcel Mrejen (Algeria, France, Netherlands)
- Special Youth Jury Award for a Medium Length Film offered by École Moser. CHF 4,000. Koka, Aliaksandr Tsymbaliuk (Poland)
- Special Youth Jury Award for the best Short Film offered by Mémoire Vive. CHF 2,500. A Move, Elahe Esmaili (Iran, UK)
Grand Angle
- Prix du Public offered by Ville de Nyon. CHF 10,000. No Other Land, Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal & Rachel Szor (Palestine, Norway)
Interreligious Award
- Prize for a feature film of the International Competition that sheds light on issues dealing with the meaning of life. CHF 5,000. Kamay, Ilyas Yourish and Shahrokh Bikaran (Afghanistan, Belgium, Germany, France)
Zonta Award
- Prize for a female filmmaker whose work reveals mastery and talent and calls for support for future creations. CHF 5,000. Les Miennes, Samira El Mouzghibati (Belgium, France)
International Critics’ Award – FIPRESCI Award
- Prize for a first feature film presented in the International Feature Film Competition or the Burning Lights Competition. Les Miennes, Samira El Mouzghibati (Belgium, France)
Perception Change Award
- Prize awarded to a film that sheds light on the current issues that will define the world of tomorrow. Offered by the Director General of the Geneva UN with the support of the Diplomatic Club. CHF 5,000. Save Our Souls, Jean-Baptiste Bonnet (France)
Prix RTS de soutien à la création documentaire
- Prize aiming at promoting creative documentary filmmaking in French-speaking Switzerland. CHF 10,000. Après nous le feu, Chamsi Diba (Switzerland)
