Films on Iran and Sudan big winners at Geneva human rights film fest

The 24th edition of the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) in Geneva honoured films on Iran and Sudan. A Fox Under a Pink Moon won the Grand Prize for documentaries and Cotton Queen took home the Grand Prize for feature film-making. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "This prize list reflects the wealth of voices that the FIFDH brings to the fore," said the editorial co-directors Laura Longobardi and Laila Alonso Huarte on Saturday. "These films reveal realities that are often little known." On the documentary side, A Fox Under a Pink Moon shows 16-year-old Afghan Soraya Akhlaghi's attempts to escape from Iran over a period of five years. Produced by the artist herself together with Iranian filmmaker Mehrdad Oskouei, it denounces the violence of patriarchy. + How distance learning keeps Afghan girls’ education hopes alive As winner of the Grand Prize, the producers went home with CHF 10,000 ($12,500) donated by the City and ...