NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS 2019 (March 27-April 7, 2019)

[Chris Knipp]

SUDABEH MORTAZAI: JOY (2018)



A staggering work of compassionate realism, Sudabeh Mortezai’s second fiction feature follows a young Nigerian sex worker living in Vienna as she struggles to simultaneously create a better life for her family and pay off her madame. - Festival blurb.

Joy, 99 mins., debuted at Venice (reviewed there by Guy Lodge for Variety). It won won Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival. Screened for this review as part of the 2019 MoMA-Film Society of Lincoln Center New Directors/New Films series.

ND/NF Showtimes: March 28, 8:45 PM; April 3, 8:45 PM - New York Premiere