Review: Her Mothers (2020)
Asia Dér & Sári Haragonics’ documentary ‘Her Mothers’ is an intimate, raw portrait of a lesbian couple who goes great lengths to fullfil their dream of having a family.
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Hot Docs review: The Doll
Esmaili doesn’t intervene, she lets the story flow its seemingly free flow through the voices and gestures of the protagonists…
Review: You And I (2020)
The feature debut You And I by the Indonesian filmmaker Fanny Chotimah is documentary about the two survivors of the Indonesian Mass Killings (1965-66)
Review: Best Year Ever (2020)
In his short offbeat documentary ‘Best Year Ever’, James N. Kienitz Wilkins takes a cynical look at the past year by adapting Richard Scarry’s epic children book classic, which sees different animal families enjoying all kind of activities during the four seasons.
Review: Industries of Freedom (2020)
Industries of freedom shows the paradox of commercial entertainment, with the promise of happiness choreographed into tiniest detail.
Review: Iranian Daddy (2021)
One of the central topics of Iranian daddy is the question of identity. Although raised and born in Denmark to a Danish mother, Karlsson was often confronted about her “origins” due to her looks
Mothers and Others (2020)
Despite of burgeoning love for the unborn, pregnancy is a long, hormonal, nerve-wrecking time that puts women in a bottomless pit of existential questions.
Review: If You See Her, Say Hello (2020)
After their first joint project In The Blanks (2015), a short documentary shot in “empty London” in which images were set to the sound of a couple conversing about different topics, the directorial duo Hee Young Pyun & Oscar Jiajun Zhang is back with a film that explores another urban space with an unique eye.
Review: The City of The Sun (2020)
The phenomena of Vissarion, the self-proclaimed Christ and “The Giver of Life” is one of the most fascinating stories in the modern history of religious cults
