Wild Sky ( French : Le Ciel en bataille ) is a 2011 French autobiographical documentary film and cinematic essay /poem directed by Rachid B. and co-written by Florent Mangeot.
6-472: At his dying father's bedside; Rachid B. recalls his strongest memories from his childhood in Morocco to recollections of his homosexuality and rejection of Christianity, right up to his recent conversion to Islam. The film tells the story of his life, which he was never able to share with his father, and has been praised by critics as "a powerful exploration of desire and of ones own identity." In April 2011,
12-622: A template for film festivals that followed, including those in Amsterdam and Munich. Each year, the festival invites and pays tribute to a guest of honor who has made significant contributions in the field of documentary and/or fiction films. The honoree is awarded the prestigious Honorary Award (previously the “Prix Maître du Réel”). Past recipients include Claire Denis , Werner Herzog , Claire Simon , Peter Greenaway , Alain Cavalier , Barbet Schroeder , and Richard Dindo . Visions du Réel
18-612: Is an internationally renowned documentary film festival held in April each year in Nyon , Switzerland . Established in 1969 as the Nyon International Documentary Film Festival , the event adopted its current name in 1995 and is the largest Swiss documentary festival. At its inception, the festival promoted Swiss films and films that were otherwise inaccessible — that is, those created in
24-934: The Eastern Bloc countries behind the Iron Curtain . Now open to worldwide entries, the week-long festival has been directed by film critic Jean Perret since 1995. The festival was founded by Moritz de Hadeln (who later headed the Locarno International Film Festival , the Berlin International Film Festival , the Venice International Film Festival and the short-lived New Montreal FilmFest of 2005) and his wife Erika de Hadeln: Our motivations at that time were strictly political. We believed in documentary, we all had
30-554: The film premiered at the Visions du Réel film festival. This article about a biographical documentary film is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a documentary film with a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender theme is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a French film of the 2010s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Visions du R%C3%A9el Visions du Réel (Visions of Reality)
36-760: The same idea that documentary could change the society which we live in. It was not the time television was controlling everything... Moritz de Hadeln directed the festival until 1979, and he assisted Erika when she took over as head of the festival from 1980 to 1993. During the early years of the Nyon International Documentary Film Festival, Erika de Hadeln negotiated with the film authorities in East Europe and Russia — and worked with documentary filmmakers including Joris Ivens , Roman Karmen , Georges Rouquier , Basil Wright , and Henri Storck . The event served as
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