Kino Lorber has released the official U.S. trailer for A Fox Under a Pink Moon, the documentary that won Best Film at IDFA 2025. It opens in U.S. theaters on December 2, 2026.
The story
Soraya Akhlaghi is a strong-willed Afghan sculptor and illustrator. At just 16, she has spent five years trying to find a way out of Iran to join her mother in Europe. Trapped in a marriage to a violent man, she escapes the brutality and isolation of daily life through art. Her drawings and sculptures return to the same figures again and again: a clown who never laughs, a pink moon that always watches over her, and a fox who is her loyal travel companion.
Who's in it
Soraya herself is the subject, narrator and cinematographer. The film weaves her artwork together with her escape attempts, political news from Afghanistan, and videos of her singing, dancing and defiantly showing her bruises. Kino Lorber calls it a diary, a survival story and an artistic manifesto.
Behind the camera
Iranian documentarian Mehrdad Oskouei directs, with Soraya Akhlaghi credited as co-director. Oskouei made the film entirely remotely. It's built from five years of footage that Soraya shot on her own phone, plus her video calls with him. It's a co-production between Iran, France, the UK, the US and Denmark, and runs about 76 minutes.
According to Kino Lorber, the film has won more than 30 prizes at festivals around the world, including Best Documentary at both IDFA and Full Frame.
Released in the U.S. by Kino Lorber.