Festival:
The 34th IDFA
Dates:
November 17-28
About:
Amsterdam hosts the premier nonfiction event in the world, presenting approximately 140 new and recent documentary features, in addition to shorts, live performances, and interactive works.
Category Archives: Documentary
IDFA 2021 Overview
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
In Theatres: CHILDREN OF THE ENEMY
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Wednesday, November 17:
CHILDREN OF THE ENEMY
Director:
Gorki Glaser-Muller
World Premiere:
CPH:DOX 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Bergen, Krakow, Biografilm, Dokufest,
About:
The heart-rending story of a grandfather reclaiming his grandchildren from the neglect and hate that await the children of ISIS members.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
On VOD: CHOCOLATE ROAD
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, November 16:
CHOCOLATE ROAD
Director:
Tanya Chuturkova
World Premiere:
Greenwich 2021
About:
An exploration of chocolate, from cacao farmers to high end chocolatiers.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
On VOD: LITTLE GIRL
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, November 16:
LITTLE GIRL
Director:
Sébastien Lifshitz
World Premiere:
Berlin 2020
Select Festivals:
Karlovy Vary, Docs Against Gravity, Chicago, Ghent, Tokyo, Seville, MIX Brasil, Thessaloniki, Jerusalem, Seattle, Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
About:
A portrait of an eight-year-old who wants to express her true gender identity.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
On DVD: THE LOST LEONARDO
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 16:
THE LOST LEONARDO
Director:
Andreas Koefoed
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021
Notable Festivals:
AFI Docs
About:
The inside story behind the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at $450 million, claimed to be a long-lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Streaming: ASCENSION
Coming to Paramount+ today, Monday, November 15:
ASCENSION
Director:
Jessica Kingdon
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Docaviv, DMZ Docs, Camden, Zurich, Warsaw, Hamptons
About:
An absorbing exploration of the pursuit of the “Chinese Dream,” which prioritizes productivity and innovation above all.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
On TV & Streaming: SIMPLE AS WATER
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Tuesday, November 16:
SIMPLE AS WATER
Director:
Megan Mylan
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
Montclair, AFI Fest
About:
A meditation on the elemental bonds of family told through portraits of four Syrian families in the aftermath of war.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
On TV & Streaming: A CHOICE OF WEAPONS: INSPIRED BY GORDON PARKS
Coming to HBO and HBO Max today, Monday, November 15:
A CHOICE OF WEAPONS: INSPIRED BY GORDON PARKS
Director:
John Maggio
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021
About:
A chronicle of renaissance man Gordon Parks’ stellar career from staff photographer for LIFE magazine, through his artistic development photographing everyday Americans, through his evolution as a novelist and groundbreaking filmmaker.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
On TV: STORM LAKE
Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens today, Monday, November 15:
STORM LAKE
Director:
Jerry Risius, Beth Levison
World Premiere:
Full Frame 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, AFI Docs, Provincetown, Woods Hole, Berkshire, Freep, Woodstock
About:
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Art Cullen and his family and colleagues at Iowa’s Storm Lake Times fight for the survival of their biweekly small-town newspaper and for an informed electorate and functioning democracy.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Streaming: SABAYA
Coming to Paramount+ today, Monday, November 15:
SABAYA
Director:
Hogir Hirori
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, CPH:DOX, True/False, Docaviv, Hong Kong, Moscow, Melbourne
About:
An immersion into dangerous efforts to rescue Yazidi women and girls from their horrific fate as ISIS sex slaves.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
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