“Sorcery was the only logical conclusion.” For the past decade, award-winning documentarian Alice Diop has used her camera to tell intimate stories of immigrants in Paris. With Diop’s narrative debut SAINT OMER, the director brings her typical sensitivity and rigour to the story of a young novelist forced to deal with her own traumas as she watches the trial of a woman being accused of infanticide. Shortlisted for the 2023 Best International Film Oscar, the #TIFF22, favourite returns to TIFF Bell Lightbox starting January 20.