Visions du Réel 2023 with Emilie Bujès

In preparation for the 54th Edition of Visions du Réel, we sat (virtually) with Emilie Bujès, the festival's artistic director, to hear about how this year’s program came together. 

Visions du Réel has a strong reputation for championing creative, contemporary non-fiction cinema and has played a vital role for independent documentary filmmakers for decades. The festival has also been a significant source of inspiration for this podcast, where we have discovered many filmmakers and invited them onto the podcast. This year will be the 54th edition, and the collection of films has us fully energized, with more than 160 films, 82 of which are world premieres on display from April 21st to the 30th.

Moderated by Christina Zachariades

Show notes: Episode Transcript | Docs in Orbit Episode #39 x Emilie Bujès  | Visions du Rèel 2023 Program

Emile Bujès, Programmer and Film Curator

Artistic director of Visions du Réel as well as program advisor for the Director's Fortnight in Cannes. Previously, she was deputy artistic director at the Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon, commissioner at CNAP (Paris) and has taught at HEAD (Geneva) and HKB (Bern). She has served as curator at the Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève (2010-2014) and collaborated on programming for the Center for Contemporary Art Vilnius, LUFF, Transmediale, and Forum (Berlinale), among others.