JOSEPHINE

DIRECTED BY BETH DE ARAÚJO

SUNDANCE 2026: WINNER OF THE GRAND JURY PRIZE:US DRAMATIC COMPETITION AUDIENCE AWARD

BERLINALE 2026: IN COMPETITION

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‘Josephine’ Review: Beth de Araújo’s Fearless Crime Drama Will Make Your Blood Boil – And It Should

"Cinematographer Greta Zozula frames these paralyzing shots of Josephine and Greg in her safe spaces, maybe eating her Oreos or playing with her rodent pet. Greg becomes a part of her life — an apparition who will not vanish. It’s frightening beyond words, and a brilliant tweak on horror dynamics laid atop the stress-inducing danger thrills that emerge as Josephine’s family copes with the very real possibility that Greg knows their address." - Matt Donato for The Wrap 

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Loosely based on autobiographical details, the film charts the aftermath of a violent crime in Golden Gate Park witnessed by the young girl named in the title. The filmmaker re-teams with cinematographer Greta Zozula, whose meticulous commitment to continuity was key to the success of Soft & Quiet. As opposed to an extended oner, Zozula’s camera here provides Josephine’s singular POV, transferring the child’s vulnerability, frustration and fear onto the audience." - Natalie Keogan for Filmmaker Magazine 

Josephine review – Channing Tatum is a knockout in shattering drama of lost innocence

We witness all of what Josephine witnesses from her position behind a tree – the screaming, the struggle, every ghastly step of the rape – as well as Josephine herself; cinematographer Greta Zozula captures both the crime and the child’s cherubic face, shaded by both fear and curiosity, in equally naturalistic light. The arresting sequence makes a necessary point: what is beyond appalling to adults is absolutely baffling to the budding mind of a child – intuitively wrong, yes, but also fascinating, alien" - Adrian Horton for The Guardian 

‘Josephine’ Review: A Child Witnesses A Crime In Beth de Araújo’s Unflinching & Profoundly Humanistic Gut-Punch [Sundance]

" Like in this intensely disorienting scene, the work of cinematographer Greta Zozula adds a vivid kinetic quality throughout, matched in its uneasiness by Miles Ross’ piercingly atmospheric score" - Carlos Aguilar for The Playlist