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Antastasia Akulinina

Review: ‘Armed with Faith’

by Antastasia Akulinina
October 2, 2017November 6, 2021
Reviews

Armed with Faith (USA, 74 min.) Dir. Geeta Gandbhir, Asad Faruqi   Since 9/11, life in Pakistan has drastically changed. “You’re either with us or you’re with the terrorists,” – was the

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Review: ‘Like a Pebble in the Boot’

by Antastasia Akulinina
October 2, 2017October 31, 2021
Festivals/Reviews

Like a Pebble in the Boot (Comme un caillou dans la botte) (Canada, 70 min.) Dir. Hélène Choquette   While street vending is illegal in Italy, it is the only source of

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‘Everything in this conflict is about control’: Violeta Ayala Talks ‘Cocaine Prison’

by Antastasia Akulinina
September 13, 2017September 2, 2021
Interviews/TIFF

Cocaine Prison, the latest documentary from Bolivian born indigenous filmmaker Violeta Ayala, provides a shocking insight into the world of drug trafficking in Bolivia. Filmed over four years, Cocaine Prison was shot inside a

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Review: ‘The Judge’

by Antastasia Akulinina
September 13, 2017October 24, 2021
Reviews/TIFF

The Judge (Palestine/USA, 82 min.) Dir. Erika Cohn Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere)   Erika Cohn’s The Judge is a captivating and stirring documentary, which chronicles the story of the first female

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Review: ‘The Gospel According to Andre’

by Antastasia Akulinina
September 13, 2017October 24, 2021
Reviews/TIFF

The Gospel According to Andre (USA, 94 min.) Dir. Kate Novack Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere)   In The Gospel According to Andre, Kate Novack offers a long needed and detailed examination

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Review: ‘The Babushkas of Chernobyl’

by Antastasia Akulinina
June 14, 2017November 28, 2021
Reviews

The Babushkas of Chernobyl (USA, 71 min.) Dir. Holly Morris, Anne Bogart   The world’s most catastrophic nuclear power plant accident, the Chernobyl Disaster, occurred on April 26 1986 in Pripyat, in

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Review: ‘Jewel’s Catch One’

by Antastasia Akulinina
May 31, 2017November 7, 2021
Festivals/Reviews

Jewel’s Catch One (USA, 90 min.) Dir. C. Fitz   In the ‘70s, Los Angeles was a divided place with a problematic nightlife. Many bars and discos refused to serve gay African

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Review: ‘Small Talk’

by Antastasia Akulinina
May 25, 2017November 14, 2021
Festivals/Reviews

Small Talk (Taiwan, 88 min.) Dir. Hui-Chen Huang   “It’s not good to talk about this,” mutters Anu after her daughter, the film’s director Hui-chen Huang, wonders why her mother has never

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Review: ‘My Wonderful West Berlin’

by Antastasia Akulinina
May 25, 2017November 14, 2021
Festivals/Reviews

My Wonderful West Berlin (Mein wunderbares West-Berlin) (Germany, 97 min.) Dir. Jochen Hick   Paragraph 175 in the German Criminal Code made intimate acts between people of the same gender illegal and

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Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfe Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfest to her theme from Rocky, and then performs "You Loved My Night Away" - a song she wrote for Elvis Presley the night he died and hasn't released until now.

At the world premiere of the #documentary Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connor Story. 

#CarolConnor #elvis #elvispresley #psiff2025
#StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about fo #StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about following congresswoman Sarah McBride on her historic campaign amid the culture wars and the targeting of trans rights, and making a vérité doc after hybrids like No Ordinary Man and Framing Agnes. #PalmSprings #PSIFF #Documentary #movies
@yanunifilm executive producer Laura Nix tells the @yanunifilm executive producer Laura Nix tells the @psfilmfest audience about what drew her to sharing @juma_xipaia's story and working with director Richard Ladkani to raise awareness about the fight for the Amazon. 🌴

#palmsprings #yanuni #documentary #psiff2025 #Amazon
Andrea Werhun and @nicobazuin tell us about changi Andrea Werhun and @nicobazuin tell us about changing the narrative on sex work and being maximalists with colour in #ModernWhore. 💋

📝: @redroomrantings
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🔗: In Bio
📽: U.S. premiere @psfilmfest; coming soon to theatres

#Documentary #film #andreawerhun #POV124
Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a  Hollywood remake. Kate Hudson and director Craig Brewer tell us about reimagining the doc as a movie musical!

🔗: in bio
📽: in theatres Dec. 25
📽: rent the doc on Vimeo

#SongSungBlue #KateHudson #NeilDiamond #movies #Documentary
How have documentaries captured political divides How have documentaries captured political divides since Oct. 7? @dimwig surveys the field of films about Palestine and Israel.

📖: POV 123
🔗: In bio
📽: Coexistence, My Ass! (Now on TVO)

#Documentary #film #politics #coexistencemyass #nootherland
Every celebrity (and "celebrity") has a doc these Every celebrity (and "celebrity") has a doc these days, so what does it mean for the field?

@_rachelkh looks at films about Pee-Wee Herman, Pamela Anderson, and Elvis Presley to consider some dos and don'ts of the celebrity doc.

🔗: in profile
📖: Issue 124

#Documentary #film #peeweeherman #elvis #pamelaanderson
Oscar shortlists! 🥁🥁🥁 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM “ Oscar shortlists! 🥁🥁🥁

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

“The Alabama Solution”
“Apocalypse in the Tropics”
“Coexistence, My Ass!”
“Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Cover-Up”
“Cutting through Rocks”
“Folktales”
“Holding Liat”
“Mr. Nobody against Putin”
“Mistress Dispeller”
“My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow”
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“Seeds”
“2000 Meters to Andriivka”
“Yanuni” 

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

“All the Empty Rooms”
“All the Walls Came Down”
“Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud”
“Bad Hostage”
“Cashing Out”
“Chasing Time”
“Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”” 
“Classroom 4”
“The Devil Is Busy”
“Heartbeat”
“Last Days on Lake Trinity”
“On Healing Land, Birds Perch”
“Perfectly a Strangeness”
“Rovina’s Choice”
“We Were the Scenery”

Congrats to all the shortlisted docs! 
#Oscars #Documentary
#awardseason #film #movies
In theatres this weekend, @cuttingthroughrocks_fil In theatres this weekend, @cuttingthroughrocks_film finds a true hero in politician Sara Shahverdi. 💪

📽: @tiff_net 
🔗: in bio
📝: @bgos923 

#CuttingThroughRocks #documentary #film #moviereview
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Sushi chef Masaki Saito examines his knife. He is wearing a white hate and looking at the blade intently.

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