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DOC NYC · 2021

DOC NYC 2021

International Competition

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12 films · 3 reviews

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After The Rain

After losing their daughters (each named “Rain”) in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, two families set out to “replace” their children and rebuild their lives.

(Country: China; Year: 2021; Director: Jian Fan)

Be My Voice

Profile of journalist and activist Masih Alinejad is the voice of millions of Iranian women rebelling on social media against the forced use of the hijab.

(Country: Iran, USA, Sweden, Norway, UK; Year: 2021; Director: Nahid Persson)

The Bubble

Review preview for The Bubble

Blankenbyl doesn't labour her point but instead lets Joe Berger's camerawork do the talking.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
A look at a retirement community in Florida and its impact on the wider locale.

(Country: Switzerland, Austria; Year: 2021; Director: Valerie Blankenbyl; Writer: Valerie Blankenbyl)

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Comala

The director investigates the legacy of his father, El Jimmy, who was a hitman in Tijuana.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2021; Director: Gian Cassini; Writer: Gian Cassini; Stars: James Oleg Cassini Monárrez, Assam Daker Cassini, Gian Cassini, James Anthony Cassini, Nenette Marjim Cassini, Mavis Celmira Monárrez, Eloísa Rodríguez, Gustavo A. Sague, Saira Álvarez)

Come Back Anytime

A year in the life of a tiny ramen noodle restaurant in a quiet corner of Tokyo.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2021; Director: John Daschbach; Stars: Masamoto Ueda)

The Devil's Drivers

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Do you like watching car chases? These men do them for a living.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Filmed over eight years, this documentary follows drivers who smuggle Palestinian workers in and out of Israel risking jail in the process.

(Country: France, Germany, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Israel; Year: 2021; Director: Daniel Carsenty, Mohammed Abugeth; Writer: Mohammed Abugeth, Daniel Carsenty)

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F@ck This Job

The story of a couple who decided to start the Russian news channel Dozhd, only to find themselves a government target.

(Country: UK, Germany; Year: 2021; Director: Vera Krichevskaya; Writer: Vera Krichevskaya, Paulina Ukrainets)

The Forgotten Ones

Explores the dark history of discrimination against so-called “non-white” Jews in the Promised Land

(Country: France, Israel; Year: 2021; Director: Michale Boganim; Writer: Michale Boganim; Stars: Reuven Abergel, Erez Biton, Maayane Elfassy Boganim)

Go Through The Dark

Following a blind Go prodigy in China and his father as they try to make a better life for themselves.

(Year: 2020; Director: Yunhong Pu)

The Mole

Documentary exposes a multinational geopolitical plot dotted with greed, impostors, drugs, and weapons.

(Country: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia; Year: 2021; Director: Mads Brügger; Writer: Erikas Kundreckas, Rolandas Skaisgirys; Stars: Maris Bezmers, Andrius Bialobzeskis, Jolanta Dapkunaite, Juris Kalnins, Vytautas Kaniusonis, Mariya Karpova, Emilis Pavilionis, Jekabs Reinis, Karina Stungyte, Jürjo Võsula)

On The Other Side

In 2004, director Iván Guarnizo’s mother was abducted by FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) for 603 days. Before her death, she spoke fondly of one particular guerrilla, which leads the director and his brother to search for her former captor.

(Country: Colombia; Year: 2021; Director: Iván Guarnizo; Writer: Iván Guarnizo, Núria Polo; Stars: Andrés Cana, Iván Guarnizo, Pepeto Guarnizo, Güérima)

Young Plato

Review preview for Young Plato

This isn't just about big concepts and whiteboards but the everyday positive reinforcement that helps kids get on in all senses of the phrase.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
Observational documentary about a school in Belfast's Ardoyne and its inspirational headmaster.

(Year: 2021; Director: Declan McGrath, Neasa Ní Chianáin; Writer: Etienne Essery, Declan McGrath, Neasa Ní Chianáin)

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