Category Archives: Film Festivals

January 10, 2020 · 12:01 PM

2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: SAUDI RUNAWAY

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SAUDI RUNAWAY
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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January 10, 2020 · 10:30 AM

2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE REASON I JUMP

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THE REASON I JUMP
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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January 9, 2020 · 3:02 PM

2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF

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THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF
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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January 9, 2020 · 1:31 PM

2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENEZUELA

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENEZUELA
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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January 9, 2020 · 12:01 PM

2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE MOLE AGENT

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THE MOLE AGENT
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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January 8, 2020 · 3:02 PM

2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: INTO THE DEEP

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INTO THE DEEP
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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January 8, 2020 · 1:31 PM

2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: INFLUENCE

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INFLUENCE
Diana Neille and Richard Poplak detail the rise and fall of disgraced PR/reputation management firm Bell Pottinger.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
South Africa/Canada
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January 8, 2020 · 12:01 PM

2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: EPICENTRO

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EPICENTRO
Hubert Sauper offers a meditation on postcolonial Cuba.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
Austria/France/USA
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January 7, 2020 · 3:02 PM

2020 Sundance Docs in Focus: THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE

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THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE
Iryna Tsilyk observes a Ukrainian family as they process life in a war zone by making films about their experience.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
Ukraine/Lithuania
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