Visions du Réel, focused on the documentary, will fulfill the 52nd edition only with ‘online’ programming, bypassing sanitary restrictions in Switzerland.
In the international competition of mediums and short films are “Sortes”, by Mónica Martins Nunes, and “Timkat”, by Ico Costa, both in world premiere.
“Sortes” has a German co-production, it was shot in Alentejo, recording the human and rural landscape of the Serra de Serpa, marked by desertification.
“Timkat”, by Ico Costa, was shot in Ethiopia and records a religious ritual of purification and baptism, which brings together thousands of people along the Jordan River.
In the “Latitudes” section of the Visions du Réel there will be the film “No taxi do Jack”, by Susana Nobre and in which it tells the story of Joaquim Calçada, a former aircraft mechanic and driver, who was emigrated to the United States and returned two decades later to Portugal, to retire.