Category Archives: Recommendations

MOTHERLAND
Ramona S Diaz ushers viewers through a maternity hospital like no other.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
USA/Philippines
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MACHINES
Rahul Jain observes the lives of Indian textile factory workers.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
India/Germany/Finland
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LAST MEN IN ALEPPO
Director Feras Fayyad and co-director Steen Johannessen chronicle the lives of Aleppo’s White Helmets, the city’s volunteer civil defense team.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
Denmark/Syria
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JOSHUA: TEENAGER VS SUPERPOWER
Joe Piscatella reveals how an unassuming 14-year-old boy defended Hong Kong’s sovereignty from China.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
USA (about Hong Kong)
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IT’S NOT YET DARK
Frankie Fenton chronicles a filmmaker’s determination to complete his first feature, despite a diagnosis of ALS.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
Ireland
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IN LOCO PARENTIS
Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane introduce viewers to a singular elementary prep school.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
Ireland/Spain
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THE GOOD POSTMAN
Tonislav Hristov explores Europe’s refugee crisis through the lens of a Bulgarian village’s mayoral election.

Festival Section:
World Cinema Documentary Competition

Country:
Finland/Bulgaria
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WHOSE STREETS?
Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis present an on-the-ground look at the Ferguson uprising.

Festival Section:
US Documentary Competition
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