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The 54th edition of the festival opened with Ava DuVernay's The 13th on September 30 and closed with James Gray's The Lost City Of Z on October 16. This year's retrospective programme included a celebration of director Henry Hathaway, with films including Kiss Of Death.
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Chronicle of the legal battle between the Manhattan DA’s Office and Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, the only bank that was actually prosecuted in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.

A documentary about travelling cinemas in India.

The story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, whose search for a lost city in the Amazon grew into an obsession.

An ornithologist searching for black storks is swept away by rapids and awakens in a mysterious, dark forest.

Faust meets Arabic myth in the Moroccan desert.

Essay film based on James Baldwin's writing about the story of race in modern America.

A personal look at French cinema, the films, directors and composers.

Story of the Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his homeland.

The story of The Stooges.

Three-part narrative about the life of a gay African-American.
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In the city of the world's desire Ceyda Torun on KEDi, cats, femininity and the soul of Istanbul.
A nice cup of tea and a murder Jamie McKeller on The Book Club, legalising murder, serial killers and cake.
Completing the trip Bertrand Tavernier on Jacques Becker, Claude Sautet, Jean-Pierre Melville and his Journey Through French Cinema.
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