A young Afghan artist records her tough, clandestine journey out of Iran on her smartphone and imagines herself anew in this partly animated tale, the Best Film winner at the world’s largest documentary festival in Amsterdam.
Festival Programme
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Turkish
Salvation
Kurtuluş
Based on true events, Turkish director Emin Alper’s latest is a deeply unsettling and atmospheric examination of the roots of atrocity, seen through the eyes of a village leader whose personal insecurities drive him to commit horrific deeds.
Yellow Letters
Gelbe Briefe
Turkish filmmaker İlker Çatak follows up his Oscar-nominated The Teacher’s Lounge with this story of a liberal upper-class family’s downward spiral amidst political turmoil and authoritarian scrutiny, capturing the nation’s terrifying slide into far-right oppression.