Documentary follows students across the African continent come together for an annual contest of oratory skills and knowledge of the law.
(Country: France, South Africa; Year: 2022; Director: Shameela Seedat; Stars: Edward Mugerwa-Sekawabe, Daniella Mushikazi, Jerome Owagage)
Big Fight In Little Chinatown
With the devastating economic impact of the pandemic and city redevelopment, Chinatowns in New York, Montreal and Vancouver search for innovative ways and resistance to keep their communities thriving.
Documentary weaving together raw footage from closed-circuit cameras at the infamous 2016 terrorist attack in Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market with the present-day memories of Arab and Jewish survivors of the incident.
(Country: Israel; Year: 2022; Director: Tal Inbar)
Destiny
After the death of her mother 18-year-old Sahar is left in charge of her poor, mentally disabled father in an isolated village in Iran. This observational portrait captures a young woman caught between traditional gender roles and her desire for self-determination.
A Ghanaian mother of five survives the perilous journey to Europe in search of a better life, only to return to her village to reunite with her children, much to the disdain of family and neighbours.
Leonie is a rising teen influencer living on the outskirts of Berlin. As her fame grows, her parents see the economic opportunity of social media and become her managers. The pressure blurs the line of their relationship.
(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2022; Director: Susanne Regina Meures)
The Hamlet Syndrome
(Syndrom Hamelta)
A group of young Ukrainian actors, each with psychological scars of the war in Donbas, are cast in an experimental theatrical production of Hamlet.
(Country: Poland, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski)
MacKenzie scores her film with traditional highland melodies, but often there is nothing to be heard beyond nature’s soundscape, wind over water and through trees.
After 40 years of solitude, a spirited elderly hermit opens up his life to young director as he tackles ill health, a declining memory, and questions as to whether or not he can live out his last years in the wilderness he calls home.
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Lizzie MacKenzie; Stars: Ken Smith)
Lawrence knows his film’s real strength lies in simply putting the man and his relatives fully back into the heart of this equation.
Julian Assange’s wife and father battle the British establishment on behalf of the WikiLeaks founder, who faces a 175-year prison sentence if extradited to the US.
(Country: Australia, UK; Year: 2021; Director: Ben Lawrence; Writer: Ben Lawrence; Stars: Stella Moris, John Pilger, John Shipton, Ai Weiwei, Vivienne Westwood)
