Payal Kapadia makes a poetic and invigorating feature debut in this Cannes winner that charts a young woman's personal and political awakening amid student protests in India.
Keep ReadingThe Mirror Mountain Film Festival, a new event based in Ottawa, showcases Indie, alternative and underground cinema, including some great short documentaries. The selected short docs explore such themes as family, belonging,
Keep ReadingPayal Kapadia's A Night of Knowing Nothing wins the L’Œil d’Or, Cannes' prize for documentary cinema, with her experimental debut feature. Sergei Loznitsa nets a special mention.
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