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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FIPADOC 2025: Rave On for the Avon (dir. Charlotte Sawyer) | Review
In "Rave On for the Avon," Charlotte Sawyer follows activists and river lovers through their ups and downs, joys and sorrows.…
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Sundance 2025: Middletown (Dirs. Jesse Moss & Amanda McBaine) | Review
"Middletown" is an exhilarating portrait of young students forging their political consciousness in the face of a major public health…
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FIPADOC 2025: A Tree Grows in My Dreams Every Night (dir. Vid Hajnšek) | Review
With "A Tree Grows in My Dreams Every Night," Vid Hajnšek offers a cinematic gem that poetically embraces the slowness…
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Trieste Film Festival 2025: We Are the Errors (dir. Erika Rossi) | Review
"We Are the Errors," a documentary feature about the founding and development of a Triestian forward-thinking theatre group consisting of…
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Sundance 2025: Cutting Through Rocks (dirs. Sara Khaki & Mohammadreza Eyni) | Review
A gripping work of direct cinema captures the bold and deeply moving crusade of a woman elected in a rural…
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Sundance 2025: How to Build a Library (dirs. Maia Lekow & Christopher King) | Review
"How to Build a Library" is a compelling documentary about the restoration of Nairobi’s McMillan Library by two visionary women.…
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Sundance 2025: Coexistence, My Ass! (dir. Amber Fares) | Review
Amber Fares delivers an urgent and essential contemporary film—a clinical and devastating work advocating for peace and justice, driven by…
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Sundance 2025: Deadlock (dirs. Lucien Beucher, Mahdi Boucif) | Review
Deadlock presents a delicate and poignant gaze upon the sea embracing the Algerian capital—a body of water that both cradles…
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Sundance 2025: GEN_ (dir. Gianluca Matarrese) | Review
Matarrese's "GEN_" offers a thought-provoking look at the courage of those for whom gender-affirming surgeries and IVF have become vital…
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Sundance 2025: Poster and First Clips for World Cinema Documentary Contender “Khartoum”
The documentary, created by a collective of filmmakers, centers on five people who reenact their stories of survival after fleeing…
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