Category Archives: Film Festivals

January 6, 2017 · 3:02 PM

2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: WINNIE

WINNIE
Pascale Lamche profiles the polarizing South African political leader and activist.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
France/Netherlands/South Africa
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January 6, 2017 · 1:31 PM

2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: TOKYO IDOLS

TOKYO IDOLS
Kyoko Miyake examines gender and sexuality in Japanese popular culture.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
UK/Canada (about Japan)
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January 6, 2017 · 12:01 PM

2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD

RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD
Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana celebrate the unheralded Native roots of popular music.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
Canada
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January 6, 2017 · 10:30 AM

On TV: LIFE, ANIMATED

Coming to A&E tomorrow, Saturday, January 17: LIFE, ANIMATED

Director:
Roger Ross Williams

Premiere:
Sundance 2016, US Documentary Directing Award

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, DOC NYC, True/False, Hot Docs, Tribeca, Full Frame, San Francisco, DocAviv, Transilvania, Sundance London, Los Angeles, Sheffield, Sydney

Notable Recognition:
The doc has been shortlisted for the Academy Awards.

About:
Disney animated films provide a means of communication between a family and their autistic son.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.

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January 5, 2017 · 3:02 PM

2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: PLASTIC CHINA

PLASTIC CHINA
Jiu-liang Wang explores the dead-end lives stuck in a Chinese plastic recycling factory.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
China

Special Program:
The New Climate
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January 5, 2017 · 1:31 PM

2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: MOTHERLAND

MOTHERLAND
Ramona S Diaz ushers viewers through a maternity hospital like no other.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
USA/Philippines
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January 5, 2017 · 12:01 PM

2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: MACHINES

MACHINES
Rahul Jain observes the lives of Indian textile factory workers.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
India/Germany/Finland
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January 5, 2017 · 10:30 AM

On VOD: THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED

New to VOD on Netflix this week: THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED

Director:
Pieter-Jan De Pue

Premiere:
Sundance 2016, World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Best Cinematography

Select Festivals:
Rotterdam, True/False, Karlovy Vary, Hong Kong, Hot Docs, Docs Against Gravity, Biografilm, Sydney, New Zealand, Melbourne, Munich, Camden

About:
A hybrid exploring the wild, wild west of Afghanistan.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

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January 4, 2017 · 3:02 PM

2017 Sundance Docs in Focus: LAST MEN IN ALEPPO

LAST MEN IN ALEPPO
Director Feras Fayyad and co-director Steen Johannessen chronicle the lives of Aleppo’s White Helmets, the city’s volunteer civil defense team.