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Celtic Utopia (Útóipe Cheilteach) (Country: Ireland, Sweden; Year: 2025; Director: Dennis Harvey, Lars Lovén)
Documentary considering Ireland's contemporary music scene, but also that of a postcolonial society wrestling with its heritage.
Full Review See: Dennis Harvey and Lars Lovén on language, music and community in Celtic Utopia
Ghost Elephants (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Werner Herzog; Writer: Werner Herzog)
A documentary following a mysterious herd of ghost elephants in the jungles of Angola.
Middletown (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss; Writer: Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss; Stars: Varda Appleton, Jeffrey Dutemple, Rachel Raimist, Jack Stone, Amy Parra-Gonzalez, Grant S. Johnson, David Birmingham, Michael Regan, Fred Isseks)
Inspired by an unconventional teacher, a group of teenagers in upstate New York in the early 1990s made a student film that uncovered a vast conspiracy involving toxic waste that was poisoning their community. Thirty years later, they revisit their film and confront the legacy of this transformative experience.
Move Ya Body: The Birth Of House (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Elegance Bratton; Writer: Elegance Bratton)
Out of the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.
Our Land (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Orban Wallace)
A documentary interrogating the connections between land, power and a sense of belonging, following the Right to Roam movement in Engand and Wales now.
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Celtic Utopia and Middletown
The Shepherd And The Bear (Le Berger Et l'Ours) (Country: France, US, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Max Keegan)
Documentary exploring a conflict after the re-introduction of brown bears into the traditional shepherding community of the Pyrenees.
Full Review
Trains (Country: Poland, Lithuania; Year: 2024; Director: Maciej J Drygas)
Archival documentary charting the cyclical nature of war.
Yalla Parkour (Country: Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Palestine; Year: 2025; Director: Areeb Zuaiter; Writer: Areeb Zuaiter, Phil Jandaly, Johan Simonsson, Nino Kirtadze, Salwa Nakkara, Alex Szalat; Stars: Areeb Zuaiter, Ahmad Matar)
A documentarian revisits Gaza where she encounters a young athlete leading her to embark on a journey through Gaza's devastated landscape.
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