Kindertotenlieder, dir. Virgil Vernier, France 2021, 28 min., French with English subtitles
Thermidor, France 2009, 16 min.
As every year, Vicky goes to mass to the memory of Louis XVI. This time, he is accompanied by Ingrid. He has thirty years more than her, but Ingrid seems under the charm of this character. Revolutionary, rocker, prophet of the apocalypse of the West, he claims the return of the values of the chivalry. For Vicky, a princess as Ingrid must be courted according to the rules of the courtly love, but the third millennium leaves little room for the dreams of a knight.
Kindertotenlieder, France 2021, 28 min.
Through unadorned television news footage, restored to chronological order, Kindertotenlieder traces and reframes the 2005 French riots, from the fatal police chase of two teenagers to Sarkozy’s curfew. Stripped of narration and graphics, the film reveals media distortion and state violence in a stark chronicle of unrest, resistance, and unfulfilled demands for justice.
Imperial Princess, France 2024, 48 min.
Shot spontaneously on a smartphone, Imperial Princess unfolds as a spring diary by Iulia, a young Russian woman left alone in Monaco after her parents flee post-invasion sanctions. Trapped in luxury, she drifts through a poisoned paradise—where fairy-tale beauty masks decay, and privilege hides a deeper disquiet.
The screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with Virgil Vernier.
The filmmaker's most recent feature film screens in Cinema 1 immediately after as part of our summer programme, Youths.
Total runtime 110 mins.
As every year, Vicky goes to mass to the memory of Louis XVI. This time, he is accompanied by Ingrid. He has thirty years more than her, but Ingrid seems under the charm of this character. Revolutionary, rocker, prophet of the apocalypse of the West, he claims the return of the values of the chivalry. For Vicky, a princess as Ingrid must be courted according to the rules of the courtly love, but the third millennium leaves little room for the dreams of a knight.
Kindertotenlieder, France 2021, 28 min.
Through unadorned television news footage, restored to chronological order, Kindertotenlieder traces and reframes the 2005 French riots, from the fatal police chase of two teenagers to Sarkozy’s curfew. Stripped of narration and graphics, the film reveals media distortion and state violence in a stark chronicle of unrest, resistance, and unfulfilled demands for justice.
Imperial Princess, France 2024, 48 min.
Shot spontaneously on a smartphone, Imperial Princess unfolds as a spring diary by Iulia, a young Russian woman left alone in Monaco after her parents flee post-invasion sanctions. Trapped in luxury, she drifts through a poisoned paradise—where fairy-tale beauty masks decay, and privilege hides a deeper disquiet.
The screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with Virgil Vernier.
The filmmaker's most recent feature film screens in Cinema 1 immediately after as part of our summer programme, Youths.
Total runtime 110 mins.
Virgil Vernier is a French actor and director born in 1976. His short and medium-length films have been featured in numerous international festivals, including the Directors’ Fortnight, ACID, FID Marseille, Locarno Film Festival, IndieLisboa, Cinema du Réel , and the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. His film Pandorre competed for the Best Short Film category at the César Awards in 2012 and received the CNC Quality Award in 2011. In 2019, Sapphire Crystal won the Grand Prize at the Côté Court Festival and also competed for the César for Best Short Film. After directing four feature-length documentaries, Virgil Vernier directed his first fiction feature film, Mercuriales, which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. In 2018, his feature film Sophia Antipolis premiered at the Locarno Film Festival before being selected at various international festivals, including Berlin, Hong Kong, Taipei, New York, Rotterdam, Vienna, and San Sebastian.
04:00 pm
Sat, 26 Jul 2025
Cinema 1
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