Visions du Réel with Emilie Bujès

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[April 6, 2022] An episode focused on Visions du Réel, the international documentary film festival held in April in Nyon, Switzerland. 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. 

And it has also been a significant source of inspiration for this podcast, as we have made several film discoveries, including El Father Plays Himself, Looking For Horses, My Mexican Bretzel, and Faya Dayi... the list goes on and on!  

This year, the 2022 selection is full of promise, with more than 160 films on display and a broad spectrum of forms, including many hybrid works. 

Before traveling to Nyon for the festival, I had the great pleasure of speaking with Emilie Bujès, the artistic director of the festival. The conversation turned into a masterclass on programming, with insight into her journey into film curation and influences along the way. 

Emilie also walks me through the International Feature Film Competition that holds 16 films - most of which are world premieres and over half from first-time feature filmmakers.

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Emile Bujès, © Sébastien Agnetti

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.