08/03/2023 - True to its uninhibited and joyful spirit, the FIFF’s programme is composed of sweet, savoury, delectable but also subtly disconcerting offerings
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.