Opening this Friday, August 14, the Sarajevo Film Festival celebrates its 21st edition through Saturday, August 22, while also commemorating the 20th anniversary of the end of the Bosnian War in which it began. Just over 100 features will unspool during the proceedings, with approximately 40 documentaries among their number, including the following: Continue reading
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Sarajevo 2015: Documentary Overview
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In Theatres: WE COME AS FRIENDS
Coming to theatres this Friday, August 14: WE COME AS FRIENDS
Hubert Sauper’s investigation into modern day colonialism in Africa had its world premiere at Sundance last year, where it won a special jury award. It went on to screen 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.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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In Theatres: CALL ME LUCKY
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, August 7: CALL ME LUCKY
Bobcat Goldthwait’s portrait of a comic turned unlikely activist debuted at Sundance earlier this year. It has gone on to screen at IFF Boston, Boulder, Montclair, and Cleveland, among others.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Locarno 2015: Documentary Overview
The 68th edition of the Locarno Film Festival launches tonight, Wednesday, August 5, and will screen approximately 100 new feature films before it wraps on Saturday, August 15. Once again, the event has shown a welcome acceptance of nonfiction nearly on par with its fiction offerings, and includes more than forty new documentaries or hybrids in its line-up. As has been the custom for several years, these are integrated throughout nearly all of the various sections of the festival, with some highlights noted below: Continue reading
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On DVD: THE NIGHTMARE
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, August 4: THE NIGHTMARE
Rodney Ascher’s unsettling look at the phenomenon of sleep paralysis had its world premiere at Sundance at the beginning of the year. Screenings followed at Hot Docs, SXSW, Seattle, and the Stanley Film Festival.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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In Theatres: BEST OF ENEMIES
Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 31: BEST OF ENEMIES
Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon’s revisitation of a notorious battle of the minds debuted at Sundance this year. It has traveled extensively since, screening at Nantucket, BAMcinemaFest, AFI Docs, Outfest, San Francisco, SXSW, Hot Docs, Full Frame, Srasota, Miami, and IFF Boston, among others.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Special Screening: RACING EXTINCTION
Coming to NYC’s Rooftop Films tomorrow, Friday, July 31: RACING EXTINCTION
Louie Psihoyos’ rousing environmental call to action had its world premiere at Sundance at the beginning of the year. It has since screened at Nantucket, Telluride Mountainfilm, DC’s Environmental fest, Seattle, Maui, SF Green, and Boulder, among others.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Melbourne 2015: Documentary Overview
Founded in 1952, the Melbourne International Film Festival is among the longest-running film events in the world, championing Australian cinema while also showcasing the best international work on the fest circuit. The 2015 edition opens today, Thursday, July 30 and runs through Sunday, August 16, and presents approximately 80 new and retrospective feature length documentaries as part of its impressive line-up. A selection of world premieres, regional filmmaking, and less familiar titles are noted below. Continue reading
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In Theatres: LISTEN TO ME MARLON
Coming to theatres today, Wednesday, July 29: LISTEN TO ME MARLON
Stevan Riley’s stunning posthumously constructed autobiography of the screen legend made its bow at Sundance this year. It went on to screen at Nantucket, San Francisco, New Directors/New Films, Hot Docs, AFI Docs, Sydney, Seattle, Provincetown, and Ashland, among others.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
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Sound + Vision 2015 Overview
The third edition of the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s annual music documentary series, Sound + Vision, opens tonight, Wednesday, July 29, with Brendan Toller’s appreciation of a seminal behind-the-scenes figure in American punk music, DANNY SAYS (pictured). The event continues through Wednesday, August 7, presenting more than twenty additional recent and retrospective nonfiction features, including a tribute to the work of Julien Temple.
Among the newer offerings are Micha Hollenbach and Johann Rashid’s SUNSHINE SOUP, an experimental companion to a noted electronica album; NC Heikin’s SOUND OF REDEMPTION: THE FRANK MORGAN STORY (pictured), about a sax legend’s rise, fall, and rise; a work-in-progress screening of Paul Rachman’s LOST ROCKERS, about a number of musicians whose careers didn’t take off as expected; and Wayne Price’s HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS REVISITED, a spiritual sequel to James Szalapski’s 1976 portrait of Outlaw Country musicians, which will also be screened during the series.
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