ASSASSINS | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Ryan White investigates the bizarre story behind the assassination of the half-brother of Kim Jong-un.
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Documentary Premieres
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2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: ASSASSINS
Ryan White investigates the bizarre story behind the assassination of the half-brother of Kim Jong-un.
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2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: AGGIE
AGGIE | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Catherine Gund profiles her mother, the influential art collector, philanthropist, and social justice advocate, Agnes Gund.
Festival Section:
Documentary Premieres
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2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS
THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw enter the secretive world of the only people who are able to find the most expensive truffle in the world.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
Italy/USA/Greece
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2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: SOFTIE
SOFTIE | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Sam Soko
Sam Soko chronicles the personal and professional challenges facing an idealistic Kenyan political activist as he decides to run for office.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
Kenya
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2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: SAUDI RUNAWAY
SAUDI RUNAWAY | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Susanne Regina Meures shares a Saudi Arabian woman’s first-person attempt to gain freedom by leaving her country.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
Switzerland
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2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE REASON I JUMP
THE REASON I JUMP | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jerry Rothwell
Jerry Rothwell profiles several non-verbal autistic young people in this project based on the New York Times bestseller by Naoki Higashida.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
UK
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2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF
THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Benjamin Ree
Benjamin Ree constructs a dual portrait of an artist and the thief who stole her art but becomes her friend.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
Norway
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2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENEZUELA
ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENEZUELA | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by John Marquez
Anabel Rodríguez Ríos views the socioeconomic and political crisis of Venezuela through the microcosm of a dying village.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
Venezuela/United Kingdom/Brazil/Austria
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2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE MOLE AGENT
THE MOLE AGENT | Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Alvaro Reyes
Maite Alberdi follows an 83-year-old undercover spy in a Chilean retirement home.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
Chile/USA/Germany/Netherlands/Spain
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2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: INTO THE DEEP
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Emma Sullivan presents a chilling, up-close profile of a notorious murder case in Denmark.
Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Country:
Denmark
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