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2000 Meters To Andriivka (Country: Ukraine; Year: 2025; Director: Mstyslav Chernov)
Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther they advance through their destroyed homeland, the more they realise that this war may never end.
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Bogancloch (Country: UK, Germany, Iceland; Year: 2024; Director: Ben Rivers; Stars: Jake Williams)
Documentary sequel about a former sailor and his off-the-grid life.
Full Review See: Interview with Ben Rivers about Bogancloch
Doppelgängers (Doppelgangers, Doppelgängers³) (Country: US, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian; Writer: Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian; Stars: Myriam Amroun, Rémy Bennett, Manuel Leira Casanueva)
Three Doppelgängers meet in outer space to imagine diasporic and queer eco-feminist futures in this innovative documentary.
Full Review See: Interview with Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian about Doppelgängers
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From Ground Zero (Strefa Zero) (Country: Palestine, France, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Denmark; Year: 2024; Director: Aws Al-Banna, Ahmed Al-Danf, Basil Al-Maqousi, Mustafa Al-Nabih, Muhammad Alshareef, Ala Ayob, Bashar Al Balbisi, Alaa Damo, Awad Hana, Ahmad Hassunah, Mustafa Kallab, Satoum Kareem, Mahdi Karera, Rabab Khamees, Khamees Masharawi, Wissam Moussa, Tamer Najm, Abu Hasna Nidaa, Damo Nidal, Mahmoud Reema, Etimad Weshah, Islam Al Zrieai; Stars: Aws Al-Banna, Kenzi Al Balbisi, Mohammed Kamel, Damo Nidal, Alaa Nijim, Yahya Saad, Karim Satoum, Thaer Abu Zubaida)
A collection of 22 short films made in Gaza, giving Gazan filmmakers the chance to tell the untold stories about the current war.
Full Review See: Interview with Rashid Masharawi about From Ground Zero
The Shadow Scholars (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Eloïse King; Stars: Patricia Kingori)
Oxford professor Patricia Kingori uncovers Kenya's hidden essay mills where highly educated yet underemployed writers produce academic papers for wealthy Western students.
Full Review See: Interview with Eloïse King about Shadow Scholars
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Bogancloch and A State Of Passion
A State Of Passion (Country: Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Jordan; Year: 2024; Director: Carol Mansour, Muna Khalidi)
An account of a British-Palestinian surgeon who has become a vital witness to the devastation wreaked by Israel’s bombing of Gaza.
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Strange Journey: The Rocky Horror Story (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Linus O'Brien; Writer: Avner Shiloah; Stars: Richard O'Brien, Lou Adler, Barry Bostwick, Tim Curry, Patricia Quinn, Susan Sarandon, Jack Black)
The story of the cult musical phenomenon, its transfer from stage to screen and its enduring liberatory legacy.
Full Review See: Interview with Linus O’Brien and Richard O’Brien about Strange Journey
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