Argentinian filmmaker Clarisa Navas’ The Prince Of Nanawa was awarded the €21,000 grand jury prize at the Swiss documentary festival Visions du Reel, while Irainian director Bani Koshnoudi’s The Vanishing Point won the top prize in the Burning Lights competition.
Navas’ documentary follows a boy living on the Paraguayan border across 10 years. The jury said the film used “confidence and humility” to straddle “autofiction, fiction and non-fiction resisting the master’s narrative”.
In the Burning Lights competition, Iranian filmmaker Koshnoudi won the €10,500 jury prize for The Vanishing Point which sees a family break its silence on the execution of their...
Navas’ documentary follows a boy living on the Paraguayan border across 10 years. The jury said the film used “confidence and humility” to straddle “autofiction, fiction and non-fiction resisting the master’s narrative”.
In the Burning Lights competition, Iranian filmmaker Koshnoudi won the €10,500 jury prize for The Vanishing Point which sees a family break its silence on the execution of their...
- 4/14/2025
- ScreenDaily
Clarisa Navas’ “The Prince of Nanawa” claimed Swiss doc fest Visions du Réel’s top prize, while Iranian filmmaker Bani Koshnoudi’s “The Vanishing Point” took the top Burning Lights honor.
Clarisa Navas’ “The Prince of Nanawa” has taken home the Grand Prix at international Swiss doc fest Visions du Réel, while Bani Koshnoudi’s “The Vanishing Point” earned the top award in the Burning Lights section.
Argentina’s Navas, best known for her 2020 San Sebastián-winning film “One in a Thousand,” spent a decade filming “The Prince of Nanawa.” The documentary follows the story of Ángel, a charismatic boy with fierce love for his Guarani roots and a vision for his Paraguayan hometown of Nanawa. With a camera in hand, Ángel helps craft his own story.
The jury, comprising Japanese film festival director Hama Haruka, U.S. filmmaker Eliza Hittman and Greek director Athiná-Rachél Tsangári, praised the film as “a work that straddles autofiction,...
Clarisa Navas’ “The Prince of Nanawa” has taken home the Grand Prix at international Swiss doc fest Visions du Réel, while Bani Koshnoudi’s “The Vanishing Point” earned the top award in the Burning Lights section.
Argentina’s Navas, best known for her 2020 San Sebastián-winning film “One in a Thousand,” spent a decade filming “The Prince of Nanawa.” The documentary follows the story of Ángel, a charismatic boy with fierce love for his Guarani roots and a vision for his Paraguayan hometown of Nanawa. With a camera in hand, Ángel helps craft his own story.
The jury, comprising Japanese film festival director Hama Haruka, U.S. filmmaker Eliza Hittman and Greek director Athiná-Rachél Tsangári, praised the film as “a work that straddles autofiction,...
- 4/11/2025
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
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