{"id":5125,"date":"2020-12-06T16:02:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T14:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kouziproductions.com\/blog\/?p=5125"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:36:49","slug":"radiograph-of-a-family-wins-pair-of-idfa-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kouziproductions.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/06\/radiograph-of-a-family-wins-pair-of-idfa-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"“radiograph of a family” wins IDFA’s Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary\u00a02020 and best usage of archives"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I love most about working with a great film is that it enables me to learn things as well as to become passionately involved with it \u2013 I can\u2019t sleep at night, for behind the film there are people. It\u2019s not a question of marketing; in the case of documentaries, things are more complex. It\u2019s not a question of sales, either: It\u2019s about making the community aware of the film \u2013 of its relevance to people\u2019s lives and perceptions of the world. It\u2019s about making people watch a film, appreciate it, feel passion, compassion; about making them get up and call their mother after the screening, about change for an evening, perhaps for a lifetime.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what art is all about, isn\u2019t it? To give comfort, strength, life, inspiration? To educate, as well. And it\u2019s also about getting important news through stories, and responding emotionally to it, as the narrative resonates with your own experience. News, in this context, is everything that the film was intended and made to convey; but more than that, it\u2019s a complex weave of multilayered narrative strands.<\/p>\n

To return to the subject of the people behind the film: It\u2019s the filmmakers\u2019 interaction and chemistry that informs every sequence, every word. And my job, first of all, is to identify and then communicate all these elements by designing and implementing a strategy that conveys the film\u2019s DNA to the media and the public. Such a complex project must be codified; every detail counts. You need to be able to see things from other people\u2019s perspectives.<\/p>\n

Firouzeh wrote to me about the two IDFA awards (IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary\u00a02020<\/a> and best usage of archives) she received for her latest film, Radiograph of a Family<\/i>:<\/p>\n

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\u2018As Truffaut said: \u201cFor you this is nothing more than a film. But for me it is all my life.\u201d
I experienced the greatest invincibility, patience, and failure in the years of making this film. But it was not without pleasure. This film made me. And it continues to do so.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When I received this, it brought a tear to my eye.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to thank Firouzeh, her mother, Tayi, B\u00e5rd (B\u00e5rd Kj\u00f8ge R\u00f8nning), and Fabien (Fabien Greenberg)\u00a0(https:\/\/antipodefilms.com<\/a>), for this journey across this new, online-only environment. My heartiest congratulations for their success and the two prestigious IDFA awards. I loved every minute of our warm, close-knit collaboration.<\/p>\n

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Firouzeh, B\u00e5rd (B\u00e5rd Kj\u00f8ge R\u00f8nning), and Fabien (Fabien Greenberg) in Oslo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Backstage pictures from Abbas Kowsari<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Backstage pictures from Abbas Kowsari <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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