Festival:
The 24th Docaviv: Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival
Dates:
May 26-June 5
About:
This notable Israeli nonfiction event returns to its regular May berth with approximately 100 new and recent documentary features.
Category Archives: Film Festivals
Docaviv 2022 Overview
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Cannes 2022: Documentary Overview
Festival:
The 75th Cannes Film Festival
Dates:
May 17-28
About:
Returning to its regular May berth after a delayed-then-cancelled 2020 edition and a July 2021 edition, the premier film event offers approximately 80 new features, with docs once again making up less than a quarter of the slate, while its parallel sidebars present just two works of nonfiction out of more than 30 features.
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On TV: TRY HARDER!
Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens tonight, Monday, May 2:
TRY HARDER!
Director:
Debbie Lum
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, AFI Docs, Full Frame, CAAMFest, Milwaukee, Provincetown, Los Angeles Asian Pacific, Philadelphia, Virginia
About:
The graduating class of a competitive San Francisco High School is followed through its harrowing college application process.
I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Hot Docs 2022 Overview
Festival:
The 29th Hot Docs
Dates:
April 28-May 8
About:
Making its return to an in-person event, along with online offerings throughout Canada, North America’s largest nonfiction event showcases approximately 145 new and recent doc features.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
On DVD: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, April 26:
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY
Director:
W Kamau Bell
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
About:
Can you separate the art from the artist? Should you even try? While there are many people about whom we could ask those questions, none poses a tougher challenge than Bill Cosby.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
On DVD: WRITING WITH FIRE
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, April 26:
WRITING WITH FIRE
Director:
Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Nantucket, IDFA, CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, RIDM, BlackStar, Guadalajara, DocsMX, Double Exposure, Sydney, Yamagata Doc, Ambulante, Denver, San Diego Asian, Hawaii, Bergen, San Francisco, Krakow, Seattle, Thessaloniki Doc, One World, Shanghai
Notable Recognition:
The doc was nominated for the Academy Awards.
About:
A chronicle of the trailblazing work of India’s only news outlet run by Dalit women–once known as “untouchable.”
I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
In Theaters/Virtual Release: THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE
Coming to theatres and virtual cinema tomorrow, Friday, April 22:
THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE
Director:
Iryna Tsilyk
World Premiere:
Sundance 2020
Select Festivals:
Berlin, IDFA, Hot Docs, Doc Fortnight, Thessaloniki Doc, ZagrebDox, Docs Against Gravity, Biografilm, Docudays UA, Reykjavik, Zurich, Dokufest, Adelaide, Seattle
About:
A Ukrainian family processes life in a war zone by making films about their experience.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Special Screening, On TV, & Streaming: NAVALNY
Coming to NYC’s Pure Nonfiction series tomorrow, Tuesday, April 19, and to CNN and CNN+ this Sunday, April 24:
NAVALNY
Director:
Daniel Roher
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Docville, Cleveland, Hot Docs, San Francisco, Seattle, Sun Valley, Full Frame
About:
After Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, a nerve agent implicated in attacks on other opponents of the Russian government, he partners with journalists and international news organizations to investigate his attempted assassination and find proof of the Kremlin’s involvement.
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In Theatres: NAVALNY
Coming to theatres for a limited engagement today, Monday, April 11 and tomorrow, Tuesday, April 12:
NAVALNY
Director:
Daniel Roher
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Docville, Cleveland, Hot Docs, San Francisco, Seattle, Sun Valley, Full Frame
About:
After Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, a nerve agent implicated in attacks on other opponents of the Russian government, he partners with journalists and international news organizations to investigate his attempted assassination and find proof of the Kremlin’s involvement.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Streaming: UNCLE HOWARD
Coming to OVID.tv today, Thursday, April 7:
UNCLE HOWARD
Director:
Aaron Brookner
World Premiere:
Sundance 2016
Select Festivals:
Berlin, New York, Seattle, BAFICI, Jerusalem, Warsaw, San Sebastian, Biografilm, Cleveland
About:
The filmmaker sets out to rediscover his uncle’s pioneering films.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
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