The 33rd edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), offered a wide selection of titles exploring the crucial role of capitalism in today’s society, placing a special focus on the
Keep ReadingThis year’s IDFA offered a retrospective on the striking body of work of the Italian master, the festival’s guest of honour, Gianfranco Rosi.
Keep ReadingAtsushi Sakahara’s Me and the Cult Leader tells of an encounter between a survivor and a member of the cult that harmed him.
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Keep ReadingBeing that Palestine is under occupation by the disreputable settler-colonial state of Israel, protecting and limelighting the multifaceted dimensions of Palestinian culture in its own land as well as across the international
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Keep ReadingGreat documentaries are often created through amazing real life characters and Mayye Zayed's Lift Like a Girl has one for the ages in Captain Ramadan.
Keep ReadingI Am Greta adds little to the story of courageous youth activist Greta Thunberg. Despite the film's good intentions, it's a PR puff piece.
Keep ReadingThe most artistic animation is made as shorts. You’ve got to hand it to Ron Diamond. The veteran producer who heads up Acme Filmworks has been responsible for creating animation shorts in
Keep ReadingThe London-based Open City Documentary Festival (OCDF) works towards decentring perspectives with a carefully curated programme. Diligently guiding us through the vast landscape of non-fiction art, the showcased works push boundaries of
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