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Visions du Réel founder Moritz de Hadeln dies aged 85
Moritz de Hadeln, who directed some of the world’s leading international film festivals, has died at the age of 85 following a long illness. He is best known for founding Visions du Réel in 1969 in Nyon, Switzerland, and for the film screenings on the Piazza Grande in Locarno. Diego Demougeot, co-head of communications at the Nyon Film Festival, confirmed his death to the Keystone-ATS news agency on Tuesday. De Hadeln died in hospital following complications arising from surgery. He was born on
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