Latest festival reviews – Page 117
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Reviews‘Cafe By The Highway’: Moscow Review
A scarred young woman befriends a Russian man who is searching for a lost space capsule in rural China
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Reviews‘Looking For Horses’: Visions du Reel Review
A solitary fisherman and a documentary filmmaker connect on a remote island in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Reviews‘Les Enfants Terribles’: Visions du Reel Review
The director who got away returns to document life in a small Turkish village for his rebellious siblings
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Reviews‘The Last Shelter’: CPH: DOX Review
Moving documentary about life at Caritas House of Migrants, a refuge for travellers on the edge of Mali’s Sahel desert
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Reviews‘The Belly Of The Sea’: Moscow Review
In the 19th century, a white medical officer and black sailor clash over the facts of a maritime disaster
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Reviews‘Reconciliation’: CPH:DOX Review
In the mountains of Albania, a father seeks retribution for the murder of his daughter
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Reviews‘Our Memory Belongs To Us’: CPH:DOX Review
Three exiled Syrian journalists reunite to watch footage from the beginning of the revolution
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Reviews‘Him’: Moscow Review
Female director Guro Bruusgaard presents a sensitive portrait of modern masculinity
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Reviews‘When A City Rises’: CPH:DOX Review
Thrilling, immersive documentary about the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests
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Reviews‘Gabi, Between Ages 8 and 13’: CPH:DOX Review
Five years in the life of Gabi, a Swedish adolescent who struggles to identify as either male or female
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Reviews‘A Man And A Camera’: CPH:DOX Review
Dutch filmmaker Guido Hendrikx silently films the residents of a small town to surprising reactions
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Reviews‘United States Vs. Reality Winner’: CPH: DOX Review
Taut investigation into the jailing of US whistleblower Reality Winner
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Reviews‘The Moon Represents My Heart’: Visions du Reel Review
Personal history and fictional elements interweave in a filmmaker’s quest to learn about his murdered father
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Reviews‘Lost Boys’: CPH:DOX Review
A drug-fuelled escape to Southeast Asia becomes a nightmare descent into debauchery for Finnish director Joonas Neuvonen
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Reviews‘Children Of The Enemy’: CPH:DOX Review
An man attempts to rescue his oprhaned grandchildren from a Syrian refugee camp
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Reviews‘Bellum – The Daemon Of War’: Visions du Reel Review
The realities of armed conflict suffuse this sombre documentary
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Reviews‘1970’: Visions du Reel Review
Prolific documentarist Tomasz Wolski explores a historical protest in Poland, and the authorities’ brutal response
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Reviews‘Faya Dayi’: Visions du Reel Review
Ethiopia’s lucrative khat crop inspires a hypnotic, immersive documentary glimpse into the country’s soul
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Reviews‘Users’: Visions du Reel Review
An anxious investigation into how technological advancement may affect our children