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Under Darkness
Caroline Friend/0:20:19/USA/Drama/2019
Based on a true story in World War II Poland, a young Jewish woman struggles to survive after her family is murdered. Refusing to give up, she joins the Soviet resistance, and realizes that through photography she can remember the past while documenting for the future.
https://filmarks.com/movies/92687
Student Academy Awards 2019 (USA) Finalist
Director’s Guild of America Student Film Awards 2019 (USA) Jury Award
Television Academy College Awards 2020 (USA) Best Drama
Sundance Film Festival Horizon Award 2019 (USA) Winner
ISFVF 2019 (China) Jury Award
Nashville Jewish Film Festival 2019 (USA) Best Student Film
Telluride Film Festival 2019 (USA)
National Film Festival For Talented Youth 2019 (USA)
International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy ISFVF 2019 (China)
Nashville Jewish Film Festival 2019 (USA)
Toronto Shorts International Film Festival 2019 (Canada)
Love Your Shorts Film Festival 2020 (USA)
Berlin Independent Film Festival 2020 (Germany)
Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival 2020 (USA)
Pendance Film Festival 2020 (Canada)
Pasadena Film Festival 2020 (USA)
Newport Beach Film Festival 2020 (USA)
Director’s Guild of America Student Film Awards 2019 (USA) Jury Award
Television Academy College Awards 2020 (USA) Best Drama
Sundance Film Festival Horizon Award 2019 (USA) Winner
ISFVF 2019 (China) Jury Award
Nashville Jewish Film Festival 2019 (USA) Best Student Film
Telluride Film Festival 2019 (USA)
National Film Festival For Talented Youth 2019 (USA)
International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy ISFVF 2019 (China)
Nashville Jewish Film Festival 2019 (USA)
Toronto Shorts International Film Festival 2019 (Canada)
Love Your Shorts Film Festival 2020 (USA)
Berlin Independent Film Festival 2020 (Germany)
Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival 2020 (USA)
Pendance Film Festival 2020 (Canada)
Pasadena Film Festival 2020 (USA)
Newport Beach Film Festival 2020 (USA)
Director : Caroline Friend
Caroline Friend is an award-winning director and writer. Her latest film, Under Darkness, was a finalist for the Student Academy Awards, premiered at Telluride Film Festival, and won the Horizon Award at the Sundance Film Festival. She is a graduate of USC Film School and is based in Los Angeles.