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Rungano Nyoni’s ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,’ ‘Black Box Diaries’ Awarded at Zurich: ‘Brave New Voices Daring to Bare Their Souls’
Rungano Nyoni’s ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ and Shiori Ito’s documentary ‘Black Box Diaries’ pick up Golden Eyes at Zurich Film Festival.
Jury president Lee Daniels – joined by Souheila Yacoub, Jo Willems, Sophie Deraspe and Ewa Puszczyńska – praised director Rungano Nyoni and her “miraculous” second film about past traumas finally coming to the surface when a family prepares for a funeral of an uncle: “We believe she’ll take over Hollywood,” he said. We were in awe of Shiori Itō’s resilience, openness and courage to be vulnerable,” revealed jury president Kevin Macdonald, Franziska Sonder, Vincent Kelner, Anna Hints and Ben Bernhard. Special Mentions went to “Sabbath Queen” by Sandi DuBowski – “About a gay man from a family with 38 generations of orthodox Rabbis, who shows us that even the most monolithic cultural traditions can be challenged” – and “Marching in the Dark,” directed by Kinshuk Surjan.
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