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DOC NYC · 2021

DOC NYC 2021

Kaleidoscope Competition

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6 films · 4 reviews

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Cow

Review preview for Cow

Arnold’s camera observes the gait of the animals so that right from the start we understand how they are constrained by their distorted bodies.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A close-up portrait of the daily lives of two cows.

(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Andrea Arnold)

Full review See: Andrea Arnold on her documentary Cow in Cannes

Edna

On the edge of the Transbrasiliana highway, Edna lives in a land in ruins, built on massacres. Edna weaves her memories into the narrative through her diary, entitled “Story of My Life,” reflecting on the life of guerrillas, the disappeared, deforestation, and survival.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2021; Director: Eryk Rocha; Writer: Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha; Stars: Edna Rodrigues de Souza)

Invisible Demons

Review preview for Invisible Demons

Invincible Demons is a film that understands the aesthetic appeal of environmental abuse, but it doesn’t titillate with images of eco-collapse or sensationalise interviews with long-suffering Delhi citizens.

Sunil Chauhan · 4 out of 5
In the sprawling mega city of Delhi where the dangers of climate change are present not future, the film shows a world on the brink.

(Country: India, Finland, Germany; Year: 2021; Director: Rahul Jain; Writer: Yaël Bitton, Rahul Jain, Iikka Vehkalahti)

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The Man Who Paints Water Drops (L'homme qui peint des gouttes d'eau)

Profile of the late artist Kim Tschang-yeul.

(Country: France, South Korea; Year: 2021; Director: Brigitte Bouillot, Oan Kim; Stars: Tschang-Yeul Kim)

Nothing But The Sun

Review preview for Nothing But The Sun

Ullón adopts a spare but attentive approach, not imposing herself or archive upon the film but instead letting Mateo and others tell this story through their conversations and via the old cassette player he uses to capture them.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Considers the material of Mateo Sobode Chiqueno, who has been using an old tape recorder to capture stories, songs, and testimonies of his ancestral culture since the Seventies.

(Country: Switzerland, Paraguay, Argentina; Year: 2020; Director: Arami Ullon; Writer: Arami Ullon)

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Three Minutes: A Lengthening

Review preview for Three Minutes: A Lengthening

There is a lengthening here - but also a shortening of the emotional distance between us the viewer and those caught on camera.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
The three minutes of footage explored in this film are the only moving images left of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk before the Holocaust.

(Country: Netherlands, UK; Year: 2021; Director: Bianca Stigter; Stars: Helena Bonham Carter)

Full review See: Bianca Stigter on Three Minutes: A Lengthening