‘From Dawn to Dawn,’ ‘Alea Jacarandas’ Top 57th Edition of Visions du Réel
By Pat Saperstein
Published on April 24, 2026.
Visions du Réel's 57th edition saw a significant prize list, with Xisi Sofia Ye Chen's "From Dawn to Dawn" winning the Grand Jury Prize in the International Feature Film Competition. The film, which charts the filmmaker's brother's attempts to reconcile a criminal past with family obligations, carries a cash award of CHF 20,000 ($22,000). The jury, made up of Marrakech Film Festival chief Rémi Bonhomme and filmmakers Lina Soualem and Brett Story, celebrated "an astonishing self assured debut." Other winners included Marlene Edoyan's "A Fire There," "Birds of War," by Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak, and "What Comes From Sitting in Silence?" by Sophie Schrago.
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