Faya Dayi triumphs at the Visions du Réel Festival
Les Enfants terribles and
The big winners of the 2021 edition of the Visions du Réel Festival -
Faya Dayi by
Jessica Beshir (which won the International Feature Films Competition, as well as the Mobilière Grand Prize and the Fipresci Award),
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Indeed,
Les Enfants terribles, a highly personal and courageous work
, are both first films. Presented in Nyon in a world premiere, the latter pushes documentary research off the beaten track through its skilfully ambitious blend of archive material (film and sound recordings) and stop-motion characters depicting the high-ranking officers in the Polish police force who took part in the events explored.