Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

INTERNATIONAL DOX: SHORTS

The Lion’s Mouth Opens

United States
2013 — 14' / Color

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Synopsis

A courageous young woman takes the boldest step imaginable to confront her risk of having inherited the fatal, incurable Huntington’s Disease.

Official Trailer

Directors' Biography

Lucy Walker is best known for directing documentary features. Her films include Devil’s Playground (2002), Blindsight (2006), Waste Land, which won the World Cinema Documentary Audience Award at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival; Countdown to Zero and The Crash Reel. Her shorts include The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, which won the Jury Prize in Documentary Short Film at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Walker grew up in London, won a Fulbright to attend NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and has had two films nominated for an Academy Award.

Directors

Lucy Walker

Producers

Lucy Walker

Marianna Palka

Cinematographers

Nick Higgins

Editors

Joe Peeler

Sound

D. Chris Smith

Contact

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Sabrina Doyle
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