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‘Inner Lines’: Visions du Reel Review
A poetic, moving account of the psychological effects of war on the Yazidi people
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‘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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‘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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‘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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‘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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‘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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‘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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‘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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‘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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‘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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‘Full Of Grace’: Malaga Review
Joyful comedy starring Carmen Machi finishes Malaga Film Festival on a peal of laughter
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‘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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’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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‘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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‘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
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‘Sinjar’: Malaga Review
Three women deal with the fall-out of the Islamic State massacre in Anna M Bofarull’s powerful third feature
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‘The Fall’: CPH:DOX Review
An intimate coming-of-age documentary about an eleven-year-old reclaiming her body after a sleepwalking injury
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‘Unfinished Affairs’: Malaga Review
Juan Miguel del Castillo’s second feature is a Spanish thriller that critiques the male violence of its genre
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‘Beyond The Summit’: Malaga Review
Two solitary climbers help each other on the arduous slopes of Annapurna in Ibon Cormenzana’s fourth feature
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‘What Lucia Saw’: Malaga Review
Imanol Uribe grapples with the injustice of the famous 1989 murders of Jesuits in El Salvador in this familiar morality tale