Category Archives: Film Festivals

Today’s Sundance doc previews wrap up: EAT THAT QUESTION – FRANK ZAPPA IN HIS OWN WORDS, Thorsten Schütte’s revealing look at the outspoken musician.

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Documentary Premieres
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Moving on from the competition categories, my Sundance previews continue with the first film in the Documentary Premieres section: BECOMING MIKE NICHOLS, Douglas McGrath’s appreciation of the legendary filmmaker.

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Documentary Premieres
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My third week of Sundance previews open with the final film of the World Cinema Documentary Competition: From Peru, Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel’s WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE details a contentious battle between development and conservation.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
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My second week of Sundance doc profiles wraps up with today’s third film, the penultimate entry in the World Doc competition: From UK/USA/Japan, WE ARE X, Stephen Kijak’s profile of the glam metal powerhouse band X Japan.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
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Next up, the second of today’s Sundance doc profiles: From New Zealand, TICKLED, David Farrier and Dylan Reeve’s most unusual journalistic investigation.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
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The first of today’s three Sundance world doc profiles: From Germany/Iran/Switzerland, SONITA, Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami’s intimate collaboration with an Iran-based Afghani teenager and her fledgling hip hop dreams.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
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This year’s Day One film representing the World Doc section brings today’s profiles to a close: SKY LADDER: THE ART OF CAI GUO-QIANG, Kevin Macdonald’s look at the life and work of one of China’s most celebrated artists.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
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Onto the second half of this year’s World Cinema docs: From Israel/France/Canada/Germany, THE SETTLERS, Shimon Dotan’s in-depth consideration of the ever-contentious West Bank settlements.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
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The first half of this year’s world docs wraps up: From Mexico, PLAZA DE LA SOLEDAD, Maya Goded’s profile of older sex workers on the streets of Mexico City.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
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Rounding out today’s Sundance doc preview: From the UK, THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT, Robert Cannan and Ross Adam’s tale of cinephilia crossed with totalitarianism.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
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