For its 57th edition, Visions du Réel will feature numerous documentary films by students, graduates, and lecturers of ECAL, as well as a masterclass by American filmmaker Kelly Reichardt, the festival’s guest of honor.
MASTERCLASS · KELLY REICHARDT
Filmmaker, United States
Kelly Reichardt is a leading figure in American independent cinema. She first came to be known in 1994 with River of Grass (Sundance), and her career took a new turn with Old Joy (2006, Tiger Award, Rotterdam) and Wendy and Lucy (2008, Un Certain Regard at Cannes). She brings a unique perspective, marked by subtlety and restraint, to intimate narratives rooted in American political, economic, and social realities.
Her anti-westerns Meek’s Cutoff (2010, Venice Film Festival) and First Cow (2019, Berlinale) revisit founding myths, while she explores the thriller genre in Night Moves (2014) and examines social constructs in Certain Women (2017) and Showing Up (2022), always highlighting strong, contemporary female characters. Winner of the Carrosse d’Or at Cannes in 2022, she presented her latest film, The Mastermind, there in 2025.
Masterclass moderated by Raphaëlle Pireyre.
In collaboration with the Cinémathèque suisse and the Fondazione Prada.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 – 2:30 p.m
Théâtre de Marens, Nyon
FILMS
From April 18 to 25, films by the ECAL Cinema department, graduates, and lecturers are featured in the program of the Visions du Réel festival in Nyon.
Opening Scenes
Prochain arrêt : Fontenay by Charlyne Genoud , Cinema Bachelor student, sound editing and mixing by Michael Girod , ECAL–HEAD Cinema Master student.
National Competition
Der runde Tisch by Juliette Menthonnex and Benjamin Bucher , Cinema Bachelor graduates. Editing by Selin Dettwiler ; sound editing by Massimo Del Gaudio ; sound mixing by Vuk Vukmanovic , ECAL–HEAD Cinema Master graduates.
En terrain neutre by Stéphane Goël, Cinema Bachelor lecturer, and Mehdi Atmani. Cinematography by Nicolas Veuthey, Cinema Bachelor graduate.
Eternal Snow by François Kholer. Editing by Karine Sudan ; sound by Théodora Menthonnex , Cinema Bachelor graduates.
Nicole, Nicole by Lauren Dällenbach. Sound notably by Ilù Seydoux , Cinema Bachelor graduate.
Safe Spaces by Sarah Horst. Editing by Myriam Rachmuth , Cinema Bachelor graduate and ECAL–HEAD Cinema Master lecturer.
To the Moon and Back by Elisa Gómez Alvarez , ECAL–HEAD Cinema Master graduate. Cinematography by Myriam Guyénard ; sound by Théodora Menthonnex and Ilù Seydoux, Cinema Bachelor graduates.
Burning Lights
La voix du troupeau by Matthias Joulaud , ECAL–HEAD Cinema Master graduate, and Lucien Roux. Production by Juliana Fanjul and sound by Yatoni Roy Cantu , ECAL–HEAD Cinema Master graduates.
International Feature Film Competition
Dentro by Elsa Amiel , Cinema Bachelor lecturer. Co-produced by Lionel Baier , Cinema Bachelor professor.
Heat by Jacqueline Zünd , ECAL–HEAD Cinema Master lecturer.
Borderlight
Dao by Alain Gomis , Cinema Bachelor lecturer. Cinematography by Céline Bozon ; co-produced by Toufik Ayadi and Cristophe Barral, Cinema Bachelor lecturers.
Festival
17–26.04.2026
Masterclass
21.04.2026, 2:30 PM
Théatre de Marens
Route du Stand 5, 1260 Nyon
