[Eric Lavallée on Gabriela Amaral Almeida]: With barely a year between productions, Brazilian filmmaker Gabriela Amaral Almeida moves from survivalism in O Animal Cordial to enlarger genre parameters to delve into grief and loss in her sophmore feature. Produced by Rodrigo Teixeira, The Father’s Shadow was selected was a double winner at the 2019 edition of the Fantasia Intl. Film Festival.