"Pure Unknown" by Valentina Cicogna and Mattia Colombo, an international co-production from Italy, Switzerland and Sweden, won the Prize of the Interreligious Jury in Nyon 2023. The Grand Prix in the International Competition was awarded by the international festival jury to While the Green Grass Grows by Peter Mettler (Switzerland, Canada, 2023). The jury also awarded a Special Prize to "Defectors" by Hyung kyung Kim (South Korea, USA, 2023) and a Mention spéciale to "In Ukraine" by Piotr Pawlus and Thomas Wolski (Poland, Germany, 2023). The Fipresci Jury awarded the International Film Critics' Prize to "Knit's Island" by Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse and Quentin L'helgoualc'h (France, 2023).
"Nightwatchers" by Juliette de Marcillac opened the 54th edition of Visions du Réel in Nyon on 21 April. The film was part of the Grand Angle competition section, where the Audience Award is presented. The Interreligious Jury, appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS, awarded its CHF 5,000 prize in the International Competition for Long Films, which included a total of 14 entries. Other competition sections were Burning Lights for films with new, innovative forms, the National Competition and the Competition for medium-length and short films. In total, the festival dedicated to documentary film showed 131 films. Guest of honour was the Argentinean director Lucrecia Martel, special guest Alice Rohrwacher. Both have become known primarily for their feature films. With their invitation, said artistic director Emilie Bujès, the porosity of genre boundaries is underlined which is characteristic of the Nyon festival.