Suzannah Mirghani’s Sudanese drama “Cotton Queen” won the top prize Sunday at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, taking home the Golden Alexander for best feature film.
Mirghani’s arresting debut — the first-ever feature film shot by a female Sudanese director — wowed the festival jury, which included Match Factory head of sales Τhania Dimitrakopoulou, U.S. cinematographer Frederick Elmes (“Blue Velvet,” “Wild at Heart”) and writer-director Elegance Bratton (“The Inspection”), who said “Cotton Queen” “blew us all away.”
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