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2021 Horizon Award Given to Director of Sudanese Child Soldiers Drama ‘Etana’
Marian de Pontes and Shira Baron will receive a $2,500 grant as part of the prize recognizing emerging female and non-binary filmmakersBrian Welk | February 12, 2021 @ 2:35 PM
Marian de Pontes (left) and Shira Baron/Courtesy of Horizon Award
The seventh annual Horizon Award, which is given to emerging female and non-binary filmmakers by a mentorship team that includes producers Cassian Elwes, Lynette Howell Taylor and Christine Vachon, has awarded prizes to the directors of “Etana” and “Sol De La Sol.”
“Etana” is directed by Marian de Pontes and is a narrative short film about female child soldiers from South Sudan, and “Sol de la Sol” is a documentary short by Shira Baron about ice cream cart peddlers in Chicago.