Josephine

Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan star as the parents of Josephine (newcomer Mason Reeves). Every morning, the 8-year-old jogs in the park with her father. On one such occasion, she witnesses the brutal sexual assault of a stranger. Haunted by what she saw and not finding explanations from her parents, the child grows increasingly distraught and begins exhibiting concerning behaviour, as her parents struggle to determine the bounds of her involvement in bringing the case to justice. Beth de Araújo follows her topical debut Soft & Quiet with this equally troubling portrait of a family in crisis, told from an unexpected perspective: a child’s-eye view of the aftermath of trauma and the gendered violence of the American judicial system.

Sundance Film Festival: U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize

Berlin International Film Festival: In Competition