Latest festival reviews – Page 116
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‘The Day Today’: Rotterdam Review
A windowed grandmother uses near-future technology to bring her husband back from the dead
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‘The Blue Danube’: Rotterdam Review
A stranger brings music to a Japanese community that has long been at war
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‘Decameron’: Rotterdam Review
Bold and unconventional documentary following protests and the pandemic in Hong Kong
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‘The Story Of Southern Islet’: Rotterdam Review
In northern Malaysia, a woman embarks on a spiritual quest to save her ailing husband
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‘In The Heights’: Review
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony award-winning musical lights up the big screen at last
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‘Visions Of Empire’: Doclisboa Review
A look behind the facade of the Portugese empire through the archives it still maintains
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‘Bank Job’: Hot Docs Review
Artists Daniel Edelstyn and Hilary Powell bring mischief and activism to their look at economic theory
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‘Viral’: Hot Docs Review
An insightful snapshot of Gen Z, composed entirely of its subjects’ social media videos
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‘Gaucho Americano’: Hot Docs Review
This hypnotic documentary observes Patagonian horsemen working on an American sheep ranch
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‘Lady Buds’: Hot Docs Review
A crop of female California cannabis dealers negotiate a newly opened market
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‘Faceless’: Hot Docs Review
Hong Kong’s 2019 pro-democracy movement is seen through the eyes of four anonymous young activists
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‘Bloom Up – A Swinger Couple Story’: Hot Docs Review
A happily married polyamorous Italian couple invite the viewer into their romantic life
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‘Four Seasons In A Day’: Hot Docs Review
A ferry trip between the North and South of Ireland is a surprisingly moving event
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‘I’m Wanita’: Hot Docs Review
Can a middle-aged Australian country singer finally get her big break?
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‘Magaluf Ghost Town’: Hot Docs Review
A playful blend of documentary and fiction highlights this look at the infamous Spanish tourist destination
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‘Dark Blossom’: Hot Docs Review
A new romance tests the friendship of some Goth youths in this impressionistic Danish doc
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‘The Son’: Moscow Review
A middle-aged Iranian man struggles to grow up after the death of his mother
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‘Raising A School Shooter’: CPH:DOX Review
Sensitive documentary focusing on the parents of children who have carried out school shootings
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‘The Last Dear Bulgaria’: Moscow Review
In 1940s Kazakhstan, a young fruit-grower revives a medicinal strain of apple and attempts to solve a crime