All World Cinema Documentary Competition articles
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Reviews
‘Coexistence, My Ass!’: Sundance Review
Doc finds humour and heartbreak in Israeli comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi’s attempts to bridge the divide
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‘Khartoum’: Sundance Review
Five displaced Sudanese citizens re-enact their experiences in this immersive documentary
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‘Cutting Through Rocks’: Sundance Review
One woman takes on the patriarchy in a small Iranian village
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‘How To Build A Library’: Sundance Review
The restoration of a fading colonial-era library in Kenya proves to be a touchpoint for the country’s issues
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‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’: Sundance Review
A Russian schoolteacher sheds light on Putin’s indoctrination of the country’s children
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‘Prime Minister’: Sundance Review
Former New Zealand premier Jacinda Arden shines in this full-access documentary
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‘The Perfect Neighbor’: Sundance Review
No-frills documentary recounts the shocking 2023 murder of a Black American woman through police bodycam footage
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‘2000 Meters To Andriivka’: Sundance Review
Mstyslav Chernov follows up ’20 Days In Mariupol’ with a brutal missive from Ukraine’s front line
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‘The Dating Game’: Sundance Review
Three Chinese men search for love against the demographic odds in this warm-hearted documentary
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‘Soundtrack To A Coup D’Etat’: Sundance Review
Outstanding documentary ties the democratic movement in Africa in the 1960s with Black US musicians used by the CIA as pawns in the Cold War
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‘Black Box Diaries’: Sundance Review
Japanese journalist Shiori Ito documents her five-year struggle to bring her high-profile rapist to justice
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‘A New Kind Of Wilderness’: Sundance Review
An family living off-grid suffers a devastating loss in this gentle Norwegian documentary
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‘Agent Of Happiness’: Sundance Review
Audience-friendly documentary explores the reality of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness policy
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‘Ibelin’: Sundance Review
Norwegian documentary uncovers the full extent of a hardcore gamer’s online life after his untimely death
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News
‘20 Days In Mariupol’ scoops IDFA audience award
Mstyslav Chernov’s unflinching account of the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine wins the public vote at the documentary festival
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Reviews
‘The Eternal Memory’: Sundance Review
Maite Alberdi follows up ‘The Mole Agent’ with this deeply moving story of a couple coping with Alzheimer’s disease
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‘20 Days In Mariupol’: Sundance Review
Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov presents an unflinching account of the early days of the Russian invasion
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Features
How Sundance doc ‘Fantastic Machine’ explores our obsession with framing the world through the camera lens
Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck’s feature doc world premieres at Sundance.