Dedicated to supporting the production or post-production of feature films and documentaries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe, Visions Sud EST Fund will officially close its doors at the end of September 2026 due to funding cuts announced by the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC).
However, the fund will still be involved as sponsoring the two awards presented in Visions DuRéel (VDR) industry platform and Locarno’s open door program in 2026.
Project Manager Madeline Robert ultimately called on the project on August 1st for the Fund, a joint initiative of the Locarno, Friborg, Nyon and Winterthur film festivals with the Trigon-Film Foundation.
The deadline will result in approximately 200 projects being submitted, and decisions regarding the final selection of production or post-production grants will be made by mid-December.
“The fund itself will be shutting down, but we are working with our partners to find ways to ensure follow-up on supported projects,” Robert proposed.
Since its release in 2005, 187 films supported by the fund have been completed. Everything we imagine is light, pepe, Viet and Namand Tiger Stripes.
Venice and Toronto
Robert said in the coming weeks, four world premieres will be seen backed by Visions Sud Est Production or Post-Production grants.
Iranian manager Ali Asgali’s satire God’s Comedy It is shown on the Venice horizon during an Iranian documentary A series of past futures Co-director with Firouzeh Khosrovani and Morteza Ahmadvand A sad and beautiful world Both Lebanese filmmaker Cyril Ali were chosen for the author’s era.
The fund will be represented in Toronto next month and will be premiered in the world at the Centerpiece Programme for Indigenous Coming of Age Story by Bolivian Director Albari Ormos Toriko. Condor’s daughter.
Previously, fiction feature film projects could receive up to 50,000 CHFs for production or up to 20,000 CHFs for post-production, while documentaries were supported by up to 20,000 CHFs for production or 10,000 CHFs for post-production from funds.
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