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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Like War Witch, it follows a child forced into armed conflict with an unflinching yet lyrical perspective, balancing harrowing violence with the fragile survival of a young person’s inner life.
02
Why this pick
A raw, immersive child-soldier drama that shares War Witch’s close-to-the-ground urgency, moral disorientation, and focus on children navigating a world violently made by adults.
03
Why this pick
Its West African civil-war setting and haunted atmosphere echo War Witch, using a tense attempted reconciliation to explore trauma, vengeance, and the human cost that outlasts combat.
04
Why this pick
Less brutal but similarly rooted in an African child’s resilience, it pairs intimate realism with a quietly mythic emotional force and a young protagonist fighting overwhelming circumstances.
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Why this pick
Though set far from war, its controlled, intimate viewpoint on a girl under systemic coercion recalls War Witch’s emotional clarity, survival instinct, and refusal to sentimentalize childhood.
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01 / THE STORY
During a civil war in sub-saharan Africa, a 12-year-old girl named Komona is abducted by rebel forces to become a child soldier under a warlord known as the Great Tiger. The rebels compel Komona to kill her own parents. After drinking tree sap, she begins to experience vivid illusions. When her visions enable her to survive an attack, she is considered to be a Witchcraft accusations against children in Africa and is viewed as an asset by the Great Tiger, who also attempts to make her a concubine.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Grand Tigre Royal
