Open your eyes, watch and reflect, engage in conversation. Opening IDFA 2019 showcases the sublime extremes of documentary.

by Leo Bankersen
21 November 201929 March 2022
6 min read
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De 32e editie van het International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam werd gisteravond in Theater Carré geopend met de vertoning van Sunless Shadows. Deze indringende documentaire van Mehrdad Oskouei brengt je op een plaats waar je zo op het eerste gezicht liever niet bent. Een kleine jeugdgevangenis in Iran, waar jonge vrouwen zitten opgesloten wegens medeplichtigheid aan de moord op hun vader of een ander mannelijk familielid.
Recht in de camera gesproken ontboezemingen van die vrouwen, sommi...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

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