Froth (2019)

  • IDFA 2019 Winners – IN A WHISPER Wins Best Documentary

    Award Winners of 2019 International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
    Award Winners of 2019 International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

    Directors Heidi Hassan and Patricia Pérez Fernández are the winners of the 2019 International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary with In a Whisper. The film centers on two emigrated Cuban filmmakers whose passion for film, friendship, and freedom reunites them after years apart.

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  • IDFA Unveils Main Competition Lineup, + World Premiere of SUNLESS SHADOWS

    Sunless Shadows (Mehrdad Oskouei)
    Sunless Shadows (Mehrdad Oskouei)

    The world premiere of Sunless Shadows (Mehrdad Oskouei) will kick off the 32nd edition of International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Filmed in a small juvenile detention center, Sunless Shadows steps into the enclosed world of five young Iranian women, all accomplices in the murder of their abusive husbands, fathers, or brothers-in-law. Through breathtaking monologues and whip-smart interactions, the beauty, humor, and tragedy of the characters’ daily lives confirms that a murder story is never simple.

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