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On 13th February 2017, Kim Jong-nam was assassinated at Kuala Lumpur International Airport by two female assassins using the fastest acting poison in existence, VX. But no one could have foreseen the elaborate hoax which led the women, Siti Aisyah and Doan Ti Huong, to the airport that day.
To celebrate IDFA 2020 and this year’s amazing program, we’ve put together a list of our 10 favourite documentaries due for release next year in 2021.
This gripping exposé from director Alexander Nanau follows a real-time investigation into the corruption and greed at the heart of the Romanian healthcare system and its devastating consequences for the Romanian people.
Feels Good Man charts the devolution of a cartoon frog from comic book, to internet meme, to its unlikely arrival in the world of American politics.
Social Dilemma (2020), Netflix’s latest doc of the moment, not only paints a pessimistic picture of social media but puts the blame for many of society’s ills squarely at the feet of the tech giants. But are we all truly unwitting victims of so-called “surveillance capitalism”?
Since “Boys State” won Best Documentary at Sundance (beating audience award-winner “Crip Camp”), it’s received a steady stream of critical acclaim including a five-star review from the Guardian and even a few shouts for best film of the year. Exceptionally, its now premiering online as part of Sundance London on the 9th of August and we highly recommend you tune in.
‘2040’ is best described as an optimist’s guide to the future, starring director, narrator and presenter Damon Gameau as the science teacher every child dreams of, one that makes it fun! The result is a 90-minute blend of educational material and uplifting “fact-based dreaming”, in contrast with pretty much any other climate change documentary there is.
We’ve teamed up with the New York-based Black Documentary Collective (BDC) to bring you our latest Top Docs - ten of the best documentaries made by black directors, as voted by the members of the collective.
We’re teaming up with our favourite festival news platform Film Fest Report, to bring you a top 10 of our favourite short films available on the Selects platform.
We’ve spent the past week delving into this phenomenal collection and have emerged to bring you 10 stunning must-see films.
Ava DuVernay’s Academy Award nominated documentary shines an unforgiving light on the US’ criminalisation of African Americans while providing fascinating insight into the era of mass incarceration that defines the country’s justice system today.
As lockdown persists around the world and travel continues to be ruled out, we teamed up with The Movie Diorama to bring you our 10 favourite documentaries that focus on global subcultures, so that you can continue to explore the world through film.
Pioneer of the spotlit one-on-one TV interview, Wallace is widely credited with inventing the tough interview style, in the process tarnishing the reputations of countless public figures, from Barbara Streisand to the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and from Eleanor Roosevelt to a young Donald Trump.
Imelda Marcos has an ethereal quality that suggests untouchability. Her implicit involvement in Aquino’s assassination, her embezzlement of billions of US dollars and her provocation of debt crises do not appear to dent her self-assurance.
Battaglia’s photographs are as shocking now as they were back then, when they successfully galvanised public opinion against the ruthless Sicilian Mafia.
This year, Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel has made the bold move to shift the entire event online, making nearly all its films available to watch online, for free. Festivals around the world are facing tough choices but Visions du Réel is one of the few making its films so readily available - a joy for doc fans all around the world!
Welcome to the experimental world of Camp Jened, where the stiff, immovable hierarchies of old began to appear more malleable to social exiles, the disabled.
Tam is a self-confessed true crime junkie (like so many of us), naming "The Jinx" as her most wtf documentary and "Who Killed Little Gregory?" as one that made her cry. And the last documentary she watched? The addictive Tiger King that pretty much everyone is talking about...
For our fourth episode, Tihana talks us through her latest watch: What Happened Miss Simone?, the most sinister documentary series she’s ever seen: Killer Women with Piers Morgan and Knock Down the House, the inspiring Netflix hit featuring Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez.
Did you know that IDFA has a huge online collection of free documentaries? There’s never been a better time for you to find out. But to help you navigate the 300 films available, we’ve picked out 3 fantastic pictures that you can start your binge with.
