John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentJessica Beshir’s mesmeric Sundance hit “Faya Dayi” won big at Visions du Réel on Saturday, scooping both its top Grand Jury Prize as well as a Fipresci International Critics Award.Tomasz Wolski’s “1970” and Ahmet Necdet Cupur’s “Les Enfants terribles” shared the prestige Swiss doc fest’s Special Jury Prize, an effective runner’s up plaudit.All three films expand on traditional doc formats.Described by Variety as a “stylish documentary” which “eschews anthropological detail for enveloping clouds of atmosphere,” Mexican-Ethiopian docmaker Beshir’s “Faya Dayi” portrays an Ethiopia whose older generation are caught up in the lucrative business and physical effects of khat, Ethiopia’s biggest cash.
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