The award comes with a whooping Sek 400,000 which, according to the organizers, makes it one of the world’s largest film prizes.
The jurors argued that Sødahl’s film, which is about a family who expects an exotic vacation but instead comes face-to-face with the harsh realities of a refugee crisis, “shows how the callousness bred by habitual cruelty diminishes us all, hollowing out our relationships – even with our partners and children.”
The jury, headed by “The Act of Killing” director Joshua Oppenheimer and including Fabrice Aragno, Lia Boysen, Sanna Lenken, and Gergely Pálos, added: “With pitch-perfect performances, a razor-sharp yet nuanced script, and not a trace of sentimentality, the film is a mirror in which we see ourselves with devastating clarity. If we refuse to confront…
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