Visions du Réel 2021: 11 Project Profiles
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentNo section at Visions du Réel is as fresh as its VdR-Pitching, which frames doc projects from both new and multi-prized filmmakers that hit the Swiss doc fest with very little or no media coverage at all.Variety has just published articles on five of its titles: “Facing Darkness,” “King Coal,” “Life After Siham,” “The Vanishing” and “The Wolves Always Come at Night.” Following, profiles of the other 11 projects teased online by their makers over April 14-16 at Visions du Réel:“Aana,” dir: Anna Eborn, Oscar Hedin, Åsa Ekman (Sweden)Produced by Oscar Hedin, Marina-Evelina Cracana (Film and Tell)Director-producer Hedlin contracted bone marrow cancer as an adult.