Category Archives: Film Festivals

Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 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

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.

Coming to theatres and VOD tomorrow, Friday, November 19:
CAPTAINS OF ZAATARI

Director:
Ali El Arabi

World Premiere:
Sundance 2021

Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Visions du Reel, DMZ Docs, San Francisco, Seattle, Moscow, Melbourne, El Gouna, Docslisboa

About:
Teenage best friends share soccer dreams while living in the titular Syrian refugee camp.

Coming to Paramount+ today, Monday, November 15:
SABAYA

Director:
Hogir Hirori

World Premiere:
Sundance 2021

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, CPH:DOX, True/False, Docaviv, Hong Kong, Moscow, Melbourne

About:
An immersion into dangerous efforts to rescue Yazidi women and girls from their horrific fate as ISIS sex slaves.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 12:
CUSP

Director:
Parker Hill, Isabel Bethencourt

World Premiere:
Sundance 2021

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Camden, AFI Docs, Stockholm

About:
An intimate chronicle of the lives of three teenage girls in a Texas military town.

I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres and to VOD today, Friday, October 22:
AT THE READY

Director:
Maisie Crow

World Premiere:
Sundance 2021

Select Festivals:
Cleveland, Atlanta, Maryland, Dallas, Milwaukee

About:
Latinx teens in El Paso contemplate careers in border patrol and law enforcement against the backdrop of increasing xenophobia.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.