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Interview with Visions du Réel Artistic Director Emilie Bujès

Interview with Visions du Réel Artistic Director Emilie Bujès

Moviebreak Interviews und Festivals vor 6 Monaten

"Festivals have an important role to play in terms of diversity"

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In the increasingly competitive landscape of international film
festivals, few artistic directors have shaped theirs as decisively
as Emilie Bujès. Her nine year at Visions du Réel saw the Swiss
festival grow into one of the ost important international platforms
for non-fiction film, attracting an impressive range of renowned
filmmakers focused on realit stories as well as a exciting new
talents. Before seeking out a new challenge at the Geneva
International Film Festival, her final edition of Visions du Réel
asserts her bold curatorial vision with a program that challenges
established perceptions of non-fiction cinema. In an interview on
site with Lidanoir, Bujés reflects on the balance between artistic
and social-political aspects of selected titles, why she avoids th
term "documentary", the financial challenges international film
festival face, and the complicated presence of AI.