Three Minutes Shortlisted for IDA 2022
The documentary is shortlisted for Best Feature Documentary at 38th IDA Documentary Awards
Three Minutes - A Lengthening continues its great festival run: the documentary, directed by Bianca Stigter, is shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature at this year's IDA Documentary Awards. The winners will be announced on December 10, during the award ceremony at the Paramount Theater in Los Angeles.
Three Minutes - A Lengthening by Bianca Stigter
Three Minutes - A Lengthening by Bianca Stigter is produced by Family Affair Films in co-production Lammas Park, the England-based production company of Steve McQueen, director of 12 Years a Slave (which Bianca Stigter also co-produced). The documentary celebrated its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, followed by a successful festival run that included selections for Toronto International Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival. The film won various international awards including the Yad Vashem Award at the documentary film festival Docaviv (Israël). The film was nominated at the Netherlands Film Festival. Recently, the film received no less than five nominations for the Critics' Choice Awards and the film is in the race for Best European Documentary at the European Film Academy.
Three Minutes - A Lengthening presents a home movie shot by David Kurtz in 1938 in a Jewish town in Poland and tries to postpone its ending. The film is a haunting essay about history and memory. As long as we are watching, history is not over yet. Actress Helena Bonham Carter narrates the film. The film has been sold to several countries, including the United States (NEON) and England (Curzon). International sales are handled by Autlook Film Sales.
Three Minutes - A Lengthening is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund. For more information on the IDA Documentary Awards, click here.
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