October 2022 ’Saint Omer’ by Alice Diop and ’Drii Winter’ by Michael Koch collect top prizes at Film Fest Gent 2022
French filmmaker Alice Diop’s staggering courtroom drama Saint Omer has been awarded the Grand Prix for Best Film at the 49th edition of Film Fest Gent. The International Jury was very taken by how Diop uses the setting of a courtroom to explore shame, demonisation and racism within a society.
Michael Koch’s Swiss film Drii Winter won the (…)