Festival reviews – Page 87
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Reviews‘All Of Our Heartbeats Are Connected Through Exploding Stars’: Visions du Reel Review
Jennifer Rainsford’s debut feature doc traces connections made by people grieving loved ones lost in Japan’s 2011 tsunami
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Reviews‘5 Dreamers And A Horse’: Visions du Reel Review
In Armenia, four subjects search for their place in society through a series of quirky vignettes
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Reviews‘How To Save A Dead Friend’: Visions du Reel Review
A fearsomely candid and moving documentary about being young and rebellious in Putin’s Russia
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Reviews‘Il Posto - A Steady Job’: Visions du Reel Review
A thoughtful exploration of the public sector jobs crisis in Italy, exacerbated by the pandemic
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Reviews‘Foragers’: Visions du Reel Review
Palestinians banned from growing the herb za’atar defy the laws in this artful, but very piquantly spiced documentary.
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Reviews‘Inner Lines’: Visions du Reel Review
A poetic, moving account of the psychological effects of war on the Yazidi people
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Reviews‘Dogwatch’: Visions du Reel Review
A highly entertaining and absurdist account of the armed guards who spend their lives at sea waiting for pirates that never come
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Reviews‘Elizabeth: A Portrait In Parts’: Visions du Reel Review
The late Roger Michell’s documentary on Queen Elizabeth II offers a lasting impression of a figure of stability
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Reviews‘Chaylla’: Visions du Reel Review
An extraordinary, intimate first feature about one woman’s struggle to free herself from domestic abuse
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Reviews‘The Eclipse’: CPH:DOX Review
Natasa Urban’s timely portrait of the Serbian national psyche takes the top prize at CPH:DOX
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Reviews‘Outside’: CPH:DOX Review
Olha Zhurba’s timely debut doc follows a young boy who goes from poster child for the Ukrainian Maiden Uprising to a homeless adult
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Reviews‘Black Mambas’: CPH:DOX Review
Lena Karbe’s exploration of South Africa’s Black Mamba anti-poaching unit reveals colonial structures still in place
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Reviews‘The Chocolate War’: CPH:DOX Review
Miki Mistrati’s third documentary on the ethical failures of the chocolate industry focuses on child trafficking to the Ivory Coast
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Reviews‘Fashion Babylon’: CPH:DOX Review
Gianluca Matarrese’s doc offers an extravagant but unforgiving front row view of the insular world of fashion
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Reviews‘This Stolen Country Of Mine’: CPH:DOX Review
Award-winning documentarian Marc Wiese returns to CPH:DOX with an urgent doc on the battle between corrupt politicians and eco-warriors in Ecuador
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Reviews‘Full Of Grace’: Malaga Review
Joyful comedy starring Carmen Machi finishes Malaga Film Festival on a peal of laughter
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Reviews‘Tramps!’: Flare Review
Kevin Hegge’s feature length documentary debut about Britain’s New Romantics captures the spirit of the moment for a new generation
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Reviews’In From The Side’: Flare Review
Matt Carter’s ambitious debut feature explores the collateral damage of a passionate affair at a gay rugby club
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Reviews‘Gateways Grind’: Flare Review
Sandi Toksvig narrates Jacquie Lawrence’s debut documentary on the history of the iconic lesbian Gateways Club in London
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Reviews‘Boulevard! A Hollywood Story’: Flare Review
Jeffrey Schwarz uncovers other hidden gay lives in Hollywood via Gloria Swanson’s desire to turn ’Sunset Blvd’ into a musical
