Visions du Réel – Barisone, Stonys, Greenaway
… takes place in Nyon Switzerland from April 14 to 23 and presents as usual – under the direction of Luciano Barisone – a strong program with the emphasis on the artistic documentary.. Barisone was interviewed by cineuropa (by Muriel Del Don) and here is a citation of what he said:
“The idea of the act of resistance is part of human nature, with which it develops. We resist, physically and spiritually, trying to maintain internal continuity. For me, the mission of art is to throw up questions, to make human beings constantly call things into question. Film exists as testimony to the resistance of human beings, to draw it out of them. It’s not a question of ideology, it’s a question of fighting for humanity. When we put the programme for the Festival together, we choose films based on their aesthetic value. Every year we try to bring together two types of audiences and viewers: a wider audience interested in the narrative, and another, more intellectual audience, that’s drawn in by what we could call the “movement of thought”. Visions du Réel always tries to create a line of contact, of communication and a strong link between the films, the filmmakers and the viewers… We tend to associate the term ‘resistance’ with armed struggle (which is one manifestation), but resistance is an internal movement of the spirit, the conscience…”
And some take-outs from the program that is divided into several
international competitive categories (short, medium, long), new vision, grand angle… and with a focus on two – very different – masters:
Audrius Stonys, 18 of his films will be screened in Nyon, he is presented with these words on the site of the festival: ”The work of Audrius Stonys takes the form of a quest opening onto an imagination composed of fragility and poetry. Heaven and earth, above and below, the immanent and the transcendent inhabit his filmmaking.”
The festival will also pay tribute to Peter Greenaway (photo), ”filmmaker of the system and of excess”, who has made over 60 films. His latest film ”Eisenstein in Guanajuato” (2015) will be screened.
A quick look at the competitive categories makes me notice a new film by Peter Entell, ”Like Dew in the Sun”, shot in Ukraine. And the one by Serge Tréfaut, ”Treblinka”, cinematography by Joao Ribeiro, the Norwegian ”Brothers” by Aslaug Holm, and the new film by Salomé Jashi, ”The Dazzling Light of Sunset” in the ”Regard Neuf” section.
