The Visions Sud Est fund, dedicated to supporting the production or postproduction of feature films or documentaries from Africa, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe, will officially close its doors at the end of September 2026 due to funding cuts announced by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

However, the fund will still be involved as a sponsor of the two awards it presents during Visions du Réel’s (VdR) industry platform and Locarno’s Open Doors programme in 2026.

Project manager Madeline Robert confirmed the fund, a joint initiative between the film festivals in Locarno, Fribourg, Nyon and Winterthur with the trigon-film Foundation, had its final call for projects on August 1.

Around 200 projects were submitted by the deadline and the decisions on the final

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