La Mif review – Understated and powerful filmmaking - Little …
WEBFeb 25, 2022 · Understated and powerful filmmaking from Fred Bailiff. Fred Baillif’s third fiction feature is a riveting and bristling examination of trauma and the need for familial intimacy.
Fred Baillif on La Mif: “Social work is the best film school for ...
WEBFeb 11, 2022 · Written and directed by Fred Baillif, who is a former social worker himself, the film stars an entirely non-professional cast of people with direct experience of social care. Aside from the seven main teenage girls, this also includes the mesmerising Claudia Grob as their main social worker.
La Mif: a chaotic coming-of-age film about life in an all-girls
WEBFeb 25, 2022 · “I believe I’m doing social work with my films,” says Fred Baillif. “This is why I became a filmmaker.” Bailiff, 49, has not only written and directed La Mif , a lively, empathetic drama about a group of at-risk girls in Geneva, but he paid for the film upfront out of his own savings.
The Fam [2021]: 'Berlinale' Review - High On Films
WEBMar 7, 2021 · Basketball player turned filmmaker Fred Bailiff’s “The Fam” (La Mif) revolves around a group of girls in teenage home care. On paper, this Swiss drama sounds familiar enough – instead, Bailiff creates a hyperlink of narratives swinging from one character to another, giving us no flashbacks of their families and backgrounds.
The Fam - Movie Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes
WEBSocial worker-turned-filmmaker Fred Bailliff shows us the other side of the story: the care workers desperately trying to reconcile state-sanctioned edicts with the reality on the ground.
Berlin Generation Title 'The Fam' Secured by Latido Films - Variety
WEBFeb 20, 2021 · “The Fam” (“La Mif”), Swiss filmmaker Fred Baillif’s bruising, raw portrait of the residents and staff of a Geneva teen girl care home, has been secured for international sales by Latido Films in...
Joseph Areddy, Charlie Areddy, Fred Bailiff, Anais Uldry and …
WEBJoseph Areddy, Charlie Areddy, Fred Bailiff, Anais Uldry and guests attend "La Mif" UK Premiere during the 65th BFI London Film Festival at the BFI Southbank on October 10, 2021 in London, England. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
The alternative film review | New Internationalist
WEBJun 1, 2022 · Writer-director Bailiff worked in social care in Geneva, made a couple of documentaries, then spent two years workshopping this with children’s home residents and staff, and a sprinkling of professional actors.
The Fam - Rotten Tomatoes
WEBJust like a family. Its young actors — non-professionals drawing on their own experiences — are compelling and the Swiss director Fred Baillif, a former social worker, has done a masterly job...
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Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast: The Godfather | La Mif ...
WEBMichael Leader, David Jenkins and Adam Woodward return to a classic this week for the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather. And there are new releases too: Fred Bailiff’s family drama, La Mif, and the late Roger Michell’s charming heist story, The Duke, starring Helen Mirren and…