Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, March 15: CENSORED VOICES
Mor Loushy’s revealing look back at the Six Day War bowed at Sundance last year. Screenings followed at Berlin, Hot Docs, BFI London, DMZ Docs, DOXA, DocAviv, Documenta Madrid, and Docs Against Gravity, among other events.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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The 18th edition of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival begins tomorrow, Friday, March 11, and will present approximately 140 new and recent nonfiction features by the time it ends on Sunday, March 20. The following overview offers some highlights in many of the thematic sections of the event: Continue reading
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Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, March 11: CITY OF GOLD
Laura Gabbert’s profile of a restaurant critic and his love for Los Angeles made its debut at Sundance last year. It went on to screen at DOC NYC, SXSW, Melbourne, Napa Valley, Vancouver, Traverse City, deadCENTER, Provincetown, Newport Beach, AFI Docs, New Zealand, and Montclair, among other fests.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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SXSW returns this Friday, March 11, with approximately 140 features screening as part of the event’s film program, running through Saturday, March 19. Among these are nearly 60 documentaries, a slight reduction from last year’s record 68, appearing throughout many of the festival’s sections, highlighted below: Continue reading
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Following last week’s announcement of the bulk of this year’s programming, the Tribeca Film Festival today revealed the films in its Spotlight, Midnight, Special Events, Special Screenings, and Works In Progress sections, bringing the total of feature documentaries to be presented at this year’s festival to 48, plus two works-in-progress – making up approximately half of the festival’s total lineup. Nonfiction titles unveiled today are noted below: Continue reading
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, March 8: THE MASK YOU LIVE IN
Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s exploration of the impact of gender stereotypes debuted at Sundance last year. Other fest appearances include Cinequest, Minneapolis-St Paul, Napa Valley, Las Vegas, St Johns International Women’s, and Berkshire.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Coming to DVD this coming Tuesday, March 8: WE COME AS FRIENDS
Hubert Sauper’s meditation on African neo-colonialism made its bow at Sundance in 2014, winning a special jury award. Screening berths followed at Berlin, New Directors/New Films, BAFICI, Istanbul, San Francisco, Durban, Dokufest, Rio, Busan, London, Jihlava, CPH:DOX, IDFA, and Traverse City, among many others. The film was shortlisted for the Best Documentary Oscar in 2015.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, March 4: TRAPPED
Dawn Porter’s look at the impact of abortion regulation debuted at Sundance, where it won a special jury award. The doc will also screen at the upcoming SXSW and Miami in addition to community screenings around the country. The film is timely, as the Supreme Court hears arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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The Tribeca Film Festival has just announced the films in its Narrative Competition sections, now split along US and International lines, World Documentary Competition, and Viewpoints sections. Features screening in the Spotlight, Midnight, and Special sections will be announced next week. Today’s films represent more than half of the anticipated 101 features in this year’s 15th annual festival, including the 23 documentaries noted below: Continue reading
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Columbia MO’s popular True/False Film Festival celebrates its lucky 13th edition beginning tomorrow, Thursday, March 3, presenting approximately forty new feature documentaries before it wraps on Sunday, March 6. As ever, the event’s lineup offers a carefully curated selection of recent highlights from larger events like IDFA, Toronto, Berlin, and Sundance, as well as a handful of debuts and “secret screenings” of titles that will make their official premieres at other fests in the coming months (and which attendees promise not to reveal publicly). A can’t miss stop on my festival circuit, I’m most looking forward to catching the following new titles over the weekend: Continue reading
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