Follow four mormon teens on the mission of their lives in Tania Anderson's revelatory Sundance Grand Jury nominee THE MISSION on DVD and Digital April 11, 2023 from Film Movement.
SYNOPSIS
Every year, over 60,000 young missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are sent across the world to preach their gospel. Sundance Film Festival selection THE MISSION follows four Latter-day Saints teenagers from their training in Utah to their missions in Finland, home of Europe’s most private and secular people.
Tania Anderson's feature-length debut tracks these wide-eyed, impassioned teens on their two-year rite of passage, as they struggle with being immersed in a new culture, and the daily rejections they inevitably receive throughout their task. Granted total access by the Church, THE MISSION is a sensitive observational documentary detailing the challenges and triumphs of these missionaries' journeys.
SELECT FESTIVALS/NOMINATIONS (2022)
- Sundance Film Festival | Nominee, Grand Jury Prize – World Cinema, Doc
- Zurich Film Festival | Nominee, Best International Documentary
- Docville | Nominee, Best International Documentary
- Cleveland International FF | Nominee, Ad Hoc Docs Competition
- Goteborg Film Festival |Best Nordic Documentary
- Millennium Docs Against Gravity | Nominee, First Appearance Award
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