Best Documentary Film 2021
Saudi Runaway
by Susanne Regina Meures
Muna is a young, fearless woman from Saudi Arabia. She is tired of being controlled by the State and patronized by her family. Her arranged marriage is imminent and a life without rights and free will seems inevitable. Muna secretly begins to film. She documents every nuance of her claustrophobic existence and her planned escape. The film shows unprecedented images from the interior of the most repressive patriarchate in the world.
Production:
Christian Frei Filmproduktion GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Christian Frei, Susanne Regina Meures