‘Uganda,’ ‘Job 1:21,’ ‘Trade’ Among Winners at Visions du Réel Industry Awards

More than $88,000 in prizes went to 13 projects at the Visions du Réel market, as filmmakers navigate tighter financing and cautious buyers

By Lise Pedersen

Lise Pedersen

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Daniel Mann’s “Uganda” and Samuel Suffren’s “Job 1:21” are among the top winners at VdR-Industry 2026, which runs alongside Switzerland’s leading documentary film festival Visions du Réel in Nyon.

“Uganda,” produced by La Bête and Acqua Alta, which revisits a little-known 1904 expedition tied to the so-called Uganda Plan – when a European envoy was sent to survey land as a potential Jewish settlement – won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award, which comes with €20,000 ($21,500).

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