Carla Simón’s and Dominga Sotomayor Castillo’s shortform collaboration, Correspondencia (Correspondences), is a thrillingly urgent series of video letters.
Documentary
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HotDocs 2020 is a reminder of the world beyond lockdown
As HotDocs 2020 goes online, B. P. Flanagan takes a whirlwind tour around the world with Mayor, Stateless, All That I Am, Love & Stuff, and Ottolenghi. HotDocs is a festival with a reputation for swift action. In 2018, just months after the Harvey Weinstein story broke and #Metoo launched into the stratosphere, the Toronto […]
BFI Flare 2020 highlights: Disclosure and more trans stories
BFI Flare 2020 took place entirely online. Orla Smith highlights Dungarees (dir. Abel Rubinstein) and Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen (dir. Sam Feder) as the best of the online festival.
Deceptive Nostalgia: Patricio Guzmán’s Cordillera of Dreams
Documentarian Patricio Guzmán complete his trilogy contrasting the beauty of Chile’s landscapes with the horror of its recent political history by focusing on the deceptively unchanging Andes cordillera.
Sundance ’20 review: Aggie is a documentary about allyship
Catherine Gund’s Aggie is both a celebration of an extraordinary woman, and a call to arms for the viewer to think about how they too can enact change.
Sundance ’20 Review: Okavango: River of Dreams
Okavango: River of Dreams is a stunningly photographed nature documentary about the ecosystem in and around the Okavango in Africa.