Like a picture postcard sent from the future,
, which was presented in a world premiere within the Visions du Réel Festival’s National Competition, seems to offer a glimpse of what the future could hold for us, should Nature decide to take back what is rightfully hers. In this sense, Ikeshima Island in Japan, which is the protagonist of Ticinese director
Andrea Pellerani’s latest film, serves as an example, or rather a laboratory in which the consequences of a hypothetical reversal of power between men and Nature can be duly assessed. What would happen if the consumerist frenzy enveloping us suddenly disappeared? And what if the weapons we use to impose our will onto the spaces which welcome us, likewise stopped working? These are just a couple of the questions pondered by
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Swiss Docs Range Far and Wide as They Question Received Opinion Variety 1 hr ago
In Europe, only Russia and its “big five” powers produced more features in 2019 than Switzerland’s 119. Few have a more pronounced documentary output. Twenty-six Swiss titles play at Swiss doc fest Visions du Réel this year, from “The Bubble” and “Ostrov” in main International Competition to 12 in a National Competition. Five more projects, near completion, mostly from directors who have already made their mark, screened via excerpts at a Swiss Films Previews showcase on Sunday. They say a lot about some directions that one of Europe’s proudest documentary traditions is heading: