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 ...
