Visions du Réel 2024 – The Awards
International Feature Film Competition
Grand Jury Prize offered by la Mobilière
The Landscape and the Fury, Nicole Vögele (Switzerland)
Special Jury Award offered by Région de Nyon
Rising Up at Night, Nelson Makengo (Democratic Republic of Congo, Belgium, Germany, Burkina Faso, Qatar)
Special Mentions
My Memory Is Full of Ghosts, Anas Zawahri (Syria)
We Are Inside, Farah Kassem (Lebanon, Qatar, Denmark)
Burning Lights Competition
Jury Prize in the Burning Lights Competition offered by Canton de Vaud
A Fidai Film, Kamal Aljafari (Palestine, Germany, Qatar, Brazil, France)
Special Jury Award offered by la Société des Hôteliers de la Côte
Riders, Martín Rejtman (Argentina, Portugal, Venezuela)
Special Mention
(Revolution, Fulfil Your Promise) Red Love, Dora García (Mexico, Spain, Norway, Belgium)
National Competition
Jury Prize in the National Competition offered by SRG SSR
Brunaupark, Felix Hergert and Dominik Zietlow (Switzerland)
Special Jury Award in the National Competition for a feature film directed by a filmmaker of Swiss nationality or resident in Switzerland offered by SSA/Suissimage
Valentina and the MUOSters, Francesca Scalisi (Switzerland, Italy)
Special Mentions
An Ordinary Life, Alexander Kuznetsov (France, Switzerland, USA)
Sauve qui peut, Alexe Poukine (Belgium, Switzerland, France)
Audience Award offered by the city of Nyon
No Other Land, Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal and Rachel Szor (Israel, Paletine)
International Medium Length and Short Film Competition
Jury Prize for the best Medium Length Film offered by Clinique de Genolier
Campus Monde, N’tifafa Y.E. Glikou (Senegal, Benin, France)
Jury Prize for the best Short Film offered by la Fondation Goblet
Memories of an Unborn Sun, Marcel Mrejen (Algeria, France, Netherlands)
Youth Jury Prize
Special Youth Jury Award for a Medium Length Film offered by École Moser
Koka, Aliaksandr Tsymbaliuk (Poland)
Special Youth Jury Award for the best Short Film offered by Mémoire Vive
A Move, Elahe Esmaili (Iran, UK)
Interreligious Award
Prize for a feature film of the International Competition that sheds light on issues dealing with the meaning of life
Kamay, Ilyas Yourish and Shahrokh Bikaran (Afghanistan, Belgium, Germany, France)
Zonta Award
Prize for a female filmmaker whose work reveals mastery and talent and calls for support for future creations.
Les Miennes, Samira El Mouzghibati (Belgium, France)
International Critics’ Award – FIPRESCI Award
Prize for a first feature film presented in the International Feature Film Competition or the Burning Lights Competition.
Les Miennes, Samira El Mouzghibati (Belgium, France)
Perception Change Award
Prize awarded to a film that sheds light on the current issues that will define the world of tomorrow. Offered by the Director General of the Geneva UN with the support of the Diplomatic Club
Save Our Souls, Jean-Baptiste Bonnet (France)
Prix RTS de soutien à la création documentaire
Prize aiming at promoting creative documentary filmmaking in French-speaking Switzerland
Après nous le feu, Chamsi Diba (Suisse)
