Thunder, filmmaker Carmen Jaquier’s story of female emancipation set against the suffocating religious climate of turn of the last century Switzerland, won the directing prize at the 2022 Film Festival.
Acting Kudos
Acting honors went to Choi Seung-Yoon for “Riceboy Sleeps” and Arswendy Bening Swara for “Autobiography,” adding to an impressive overall haul for Makbul Mubarak’s Indonesian thriller and Anthony Shim’s Canadian immigration drama, which collectively have won prizes in Venice, Toronto, Taipei, and Vancouver.





