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‘Dry Sky’, ‘Do You Love Me’, ‘Looking for the Mermaid’, ‘Amorphous’ Win Top Prizes At IDFA Forum Awards
2024 IDFA Forum Awards go to 'Dry Sky,' 'Do You Love Me,' 'Amorphous,' and ‘Looking for the Mermaid.’
Through the evocative use of archival materials from Lebanese cinema, she appropriates the visuals of the city from films as a representation of the cyclical history and nature of memories, bringing to life a narrative that is both deeply personal and profoundly universal. The IDFA DocLab Forum jury, consisting of Jazia Hammoudi and Liz Rosenthal, wrote of May Abdalla’s film, “ Amorphous is this year’s winner because of its ingenious use of play for a transformational purpose in relation to the crisis in self-image and body dysmorphia. “The use of space and architecture to ground their story imbues the project with narrative clarity that makes their point crystal clear about the contradiction of democratic society built on legacies of slavery, genocide and colonialism,” the jury said.
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