Taste of Cement directed by Ziad Kalthoum, screening Monday 24 April 10:00 at the Salle Communale in Nyon at the Visions du Réel film festival. Film review by Rachel Beacher Syrian director Ziad Kalthoum, exiled in Lebanon in 2013 after running away from military service, has made a beautiful and moving documentary about Syrian builders […]
Surviving and living under Siege – One day in Aleppo – Film, Monday 24 April at Visions du Réel
“Brave documentary filmmaking” – One Day in Aleppo, directed by Ali Alibrahim, produced by Feras Fayyad Screening Monday, April 24 at 14:15 – Capitole Fellini Tickets here This film review is by Rachel Beacher. Rachel is a British journalist based in Lausanne. There is brave documentary making – then, there is filming in the middle of […]
Food Trucks at Visions du Réel, Bars, Restaurant and Dancing
The central area of Visions du Réel (next to the Salle Communale) in Nyon, is a hive of activity with a bar, restaurant and new this year, food trucks serving Thai food, burgers from the Rolling Chefs, pasta dishes from Pomodoro and a Hummus and friends truck. There’s also dancing at the central area with different […]
A film for Rugby fans and a film for Runners – Both showing this weekend in Nyon
If you are are a rugby fan, a runner or simply a documentary film fan – two films showing this weekend at Visions du Réel are well worth watching. Ultra (about the 246 kilometres marathon) will be screened on Saturday 22nd at 17:00 in the Théâtre de Grand-Champ in Gland and on Sunday 23rd at 21:00 in the Colombière Grande […]
Neither Elephant nor Ass – Being a Bernie Sanders supporter – Film at Visions du Réel
Visions du Réel, the prestigious documentary film festival starts in Nyon on Friday 21st and continues until the 28th April. The festival has a temporary bar and a restaurant set up in the festival central area in Place Perdtemps, and films are screened in six venues across Nyon and in one venue in Gland. The festival is […]