Okay this might seem obvious but this film is not really about competitive endurance tickling.
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Stolen (2023)
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This deeply affecting Irish documentary delves into the history of the institutionalisation of pregnant women from the 1920s to the 90s by various Irish institutions including the Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries.
Continue readingHead Wind (باد دبور) (2008)
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ACMI in Melbourne is running a retrospective of the films of Mohammad Rasoulof, an Iranian director who has made some of my favourite films (Manuscripts Don’t Burn, A Man of Integrity, There is No Evil).
Continue readingThe Way, My Way (2024)
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This isn’t the easiest film to like. A quasi documentary based on the memoir by writer director Bill Bennett about his pilgrimage along ‘the way’ to Santiago de Compostela.
Continue readingThe Road to Patagonia (2024)
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I feel enchanted by this unexpected emotional journey from the top of Alaska to the tip of Patagonia.
Continue readingAs the Tide Comes In (Før Stormen)(2023)
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This feels like a pretty observation of a unique community that ultimately doesn’t really say anything.
Continue readingIntercepted (2024)
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I found this documentary hard going. If I’d seen it at the start of the festival and less tired, I might have been awed by the technique of overlapping footage with disconnected but meaningful audio.
Continue readingMenus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros (2023)
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No Other Land (2024)
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I remember feeling similarly shell-shocked after For Sama. There is something devastatingly compelling about first person footage during wartime and with No Other Land, it wasn’t even officially a war.
Continue readingSecret Mall Apartment (2024)
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This is one of those delightful stories you can’t believe is true but you’re so glad it is.
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