Editor

There will be a strong presence of German documentaries at this year's Visions du Réel festival in Nyon: apart from the opening film, 25 German films or co-productions have been invited to this highly respected festival in Switzerland.

BERLIN -STETTIN by Volker Koepp and LULLABY (WIEGENLIEDER) by Tamara Trampe and Johann Feindt will be competing in the International Competition of Visions du Réel  for the CHF 20,000 Grand Prix.

The following will be showing in the newcomer competition Regards Neufs: ALIAS by Jens Junker, NOWHERE IN EUROPE (KEIN ORT) by Kerstin Nickig (DE/PL), KICK IN IRAN by Fatima Geza Abdollahyhan, THIS MOMENT IS NOT THE SAME by Marion Neumann (DE/CH), REBECA by Gonzalo H. Rodriguez, SHOSHOLOZA EXPRESS by Beatrice Moeller (DE/ZA), SONGS FROM THE NICKEL by Alina Skrzeszewska (US/DE) as well as DIE VIER ENDEN DER STADT by Sven Boeck.

The opening film KINSHASA SYMPHONY by Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer will be presented in the Tendences sidebar. Also coming from Germany are: DAVID WANTS TO FLY by David Sieveking (DE/CH/AT), I'M A CROW - AN AFTERNOON WITH MILO YELLOW HAIR by Simone Fuerbringer and Nicolas Humbert (DE/CH), PLUG & PRAY by Jens Schanze and URVILLE by Angela Christlieb.

The Investigations sidebar is showing: BAD BOY KUMMER by Miklos Gimes (CH/DE), IN WHAT WE TRUST by Claus Strigel, JAFFA, THE ORANGE'S CLOCKWORK by Eyal Sivan (IL/BE/FR/DE) and IN THE BAZAAR OF THE SEXES (IM BAZAR DER GESCHLECHTER) by Sudabeh Mortezai (AT/DE). TALES OF THE DEFEATED by Yael Reuveny (DE/IL) and the short DACH OHNE HAUS by Judith Beuth (DE/IR) are screening in First Steps.

The short film program ‚Breathless' will be presented in a Séance Spéciale : ONE DAY TODAY WILL BE ONCE (ES WIRD EINMAL GEWESEN SEIN) by Anca Miruna Lazarescu, I LOVE MY BORING LIFE by Jan Gogola (CZ/DE), MILLTOWN MONTANA by Rainer Komers, TIME'S UP by Jan Peters and Marie-Catherine Theiler as well as PHANTOM OF LIBERTY II by Karel Zalaud (CZ/DE).