Controversy struck Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) following a screening of feminist cannibal film Raw that saw several cinema-goers pass out.
Paramedics were called to the scene when the French-language film became ‘too much’ for a number of the film festival’s attendees.
The genre film was first shown at Cannes Film Festival in May where it went away with the FIPRESCI Critics’ prize.
Ahead of its screening in the festival’s Midnight Madness slot, Ducournau told IndieWire that she was excited to “hear this particular audience reacting.”