Spotlight: Documentary
Film Fest Report is proud to support documentary as a diverse and immensely rich cinematic form, crucial to understanding our contemporary world.
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Nordisk Panorama 2025: Only on Earth (dir. Robin Petré) | Review
With poetic restraint and visceral force, "Only on Earth" captures a land on the brink, where fire, dust, and dwindling…
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Venice 2025: Waking Hours | Interview with Federico Cammarata & Filippo Foscarini
"We wanted to transmit, at least partially, the experience of being lost in a forest in which at night you…
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Doc Edge 2025: Fatal Watch (dirs. Mark Benjamin, Katie Carpenter) | Review
"Fatal Watch" is an urgent and damning look at the hardly regulated fishing industry; the cost of which is more…
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Doc Edge 2025: Marriage Cops (dirs. Shashwati Talukdar, Cheryl Hess) | Review
"Marriage Cops" charms with warmth and absurdity as it shows the progress and challenges of a police squad tasked with…
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Doc Edge 2025: The Promise (dir. Daan Veldhuizen) | Review
"The Promise," which opened this year’s Movies That Matter Film Festival and played at Doc Edge Festival, is a memory…
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Doc Edge 2025: Ms President (dir. Marek Šulík) | Review
Marek Šulík's close and kind portrait of Slovakia's first female president is a celebration of grace and grit. "Ms President"…
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Doc Edge 2025: A Quiet Love (dir. Garry Keane) | Review
A sensitive portrayal of three Irish couples struggling with acceptance and belonging who find their limelight in Garry Keane’s documentary…
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Doc Edge 2025: Blame (dir. Christian Frei) | Review
"Blame," which brings the story three scientists that found themselves in the spotlight of the COVID-19 pandemic, had its world…
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Karlovy Vary 2025: Action Item | Interview with Paula Ďurinová
A quietly radical, emotionally textured, and visually meditative film, "Action Item" carves out a gentle space for reflection on burnout,…
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Doc Edge 2025: We Are the Water (dir. Stephanie Guest) | Review
“We are the water, the water is us.” With this poetic short film, director Stephanie Guest offers a tender and…
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