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IDFA Review: The Grocer’s Son, the Mayor, the Village and the World…

One of the functions of documentary filmmaking is to allow an audience the opportunity to peek into someone else’s life. To afford the viewer an insight into a world they…

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IDFA Review: The Earth is Blue as an Orange

In the aftermath of pro-European Union demonstrations which resulted in the Ukrainian Revolution of 2014 and the ousting of the government, there has been continued tensions on the eastern border.…

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Tallinn Black Nights Review: My Favourite War

Whilst so much has been said, written and shot about World War II, most of it has largely concentrated on the Western Front and the Pacific theatre. This is largely…

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IDFA Review: Nothing but the Sun

One of the consequences of conquest is the impact this invasion has on the indigenous populations, who, in most cases, had been living happily on their land for countless generations.…

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Tallinn Black Nights Review: Fugitive Dreams

There’s something distinctly American about the road movie. Whether that stems from the likes of Jack Kerouac heading out On the Road or the tradition of freighthopping which has taken…

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Tallinn Black Nights Review: Enfant Terrible

As the saying goes, the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long. That was certainly the case with one of Germany’s greatest film directors. Rainer Werner Fassbinder…

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Tallinn Black Nights Review: Exemplary Behaviour

Whilst the last resort for the most serious crimes in civilised countries is life imprisonment, that doesn’t mean to say that the bad guys always get their comeuppance. Or if…

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IDFA 2020 Preview

The International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the world’s largest documentary film festival. Despite the closure of theatres in the Netherlands for the early part of November, there will be…

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Raindance Review: Here Are the Young Men

If you leave school with a career mapped out then you’re one of the fortunate (and probably privileged) ones. Most of us simply end up making it up as we…

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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Sisters with Transistors

Like most areas of life, the music industry has always been a male dominated world. Where women have excelled, it’s normally in spheres which haven’t traditionally been the province of…

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