The Prince of Nanawa, the new film by Clarisa Navas, was awarded the Grand Jury Prize in the International Feature Film Competition at the prestigious Visions du Réel festival, which is taking place until April 13 in Nyon, Switzerland. The film, a co-production between Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, and Germany, falls within the observational and identity-exploration cinema that characterizes the work of the Corrientes-born filmmaker.
With a runtime of three and a half hours, the film follows the transformation of Ángel, a child who grows up over the course of a decade between Paraguay and Argentina. The jury, which awarded the prize unanimously, highlighted: “A film where the process and the document are inseparable. With confidence and humility, it moves between autofiction, fiction, and documentary, resisting the narrative of the master. The camera becomes a familiar and communal instrument that passionately records the microcosm of youth negotiating borders. The director’s gaze is hospitable and tender, without sentimentality or exoticism.”
Produced by Gentil Cine (Eugenia Campos Guevara), Tekoha (Sofía Paoli Thorne), Invasión Cine (Jerónimo Atehortúa), and Autentika Films (Paulo De Carvalho), The Prince of Nanawa solidifies its place as one of the key titles in contemporary Latin American cinema.
Visions du Réel 2025 features 129 new productions, of which 88 are world premieres and 12 international premieres. The festival reaffirms its commitment to discovering new talent with the inclusion of 58 debut films, among them 28 first feature films.
Gran Premio del Jurado (La Mobilière):
“The Prince of Nanawa”, Clarisa Navas
Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, Alemania
Premio Especial del Jurado (Région de Nyon):
“To Use a Mountain”, Casey Carter
Estados Unidos
Mención Especial:
“Anamocot”, Marie Voignier
Francia, Camerún
Premio del Jurado (Canton de Vaud):
“The Vanishing Point”, Bani Khoshnoudi
Irán, Estados Unidos, Francia
Premio Especial del Jurado (Société des Hôteliers de la Côte):
“To the West, in Zapata”, David Bim
Cuba, España
Mención Especial:
“Fierté nationale : de Jéricho vers Gaza”, Sven Augustijnen
Bélgica
Premio del Jurado (SRG SSR):
“Les Vies d’Andrès”, Baptiste Janon & Rémi Pons
Bélgica, Suiza
Premio Especial del Jurado (SSA/Suissimage):
“Sediments”, Laura Coppens
Suiza
Mención Especial:
“Toute ma vie” (Little by Little), Matias Carlier
Suiza
Premio al Mejor Mediometraje (Clinique de Genolier):
“Les Voyageurs”, David Bingong
Camerún, España
Premio al Mejor Cortometraje (Vector Gestion):
“Another Other”, Bex Oluwatoyin Thompson
Estados Unidos
Premio del Jurado Joven al Mejor Mediometraje (École Moser):
“The Town That Drove Away”, Grzegorz Piekarski & Natalia Pietsch
Polonia
Premio del Jurado Joven al Mejor Cortometraje:
“Objects Do Not Randomly Fall From the Sky”, Maria Estela Paiso
Filipinas
Mención Especial:
“Khmerica”, Thibaut Amri, Antoine Guide & Lucas Sénécaut
Camboya, Francia, Qatar
Mención Especial:
“Partir, c’est naître à nouveau”, Mladen Bundalo
Bélgica, Bosnia y Herzegovina
