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- DirectorChris JohnsonStarsChris JohnsonAdam PascalSean CarrollA filmmaker interviews various atheists about what they value in life, in the absence of religion.
- DirectorChristof SchäferJanos TedeschiStarsKatharina ArpagausUrman DhruvPrahlad JaniA documentary film about people living on light (breatharianism).
- DirectorRoy BattersbyStarsVanessa RedgraveFrank FinlayArthur ArmitageA scientific documentary combining narration from anatomical experts and human biologists with interior and exterior camera shots examining the human body, along with a soundtrack using the human body as a medium.
- DirectorTony WardleStarsJerome FlynnJuliet GellatleyJoseph PooreHogwood: A Modern Horror Story takes you beyond the factory farm walls and follows an intrepid group of undercover investigators as they enter some of Britain's biggest factory farms for the very first time.
- DirectorFirouzeh KhosrovaniStarsFarahnaz SharifiHossein KhosrovaniTayi"Mother married a photo of Father," says director Firouzeh Khosrovani in the opening of this deeply personal documentary. She's not speaking metaphorically though. Her mother Tayi literally married a portrait of Hossein in Teheran -he was in Switzerland studying radiology and was unable to travel back to his homeland for the wedding. The event illustrates the abyss that still exists in their marriage: Hossein is a secular progressive and Tayi a devout, traditional Muslim. But this family history is also a sort of x-ray, laying bare the conflicts of Iranian society in the run-up to, and aftermath of the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Besides Khosrovani's commentary, we hear letters being read aloud and recollections of conversations between her parents. At the same time, we see photographs and videos from the family archive. These fragments of intimacy are interspersed with stylized shots of the filmmaker's parental home, its decor and furnishings subtly reflecting each new phase in her parents' marriage-and in Iranian society. Credit: IDFA 2020.
- DirectorRoy SartipiStarsShahryar RumiWilma EllesMilad DylanFereydoun Farrokhzad was an iconic figure who captured the heart and soul of millions worldwide. We take great care and pride in telling his story to those who knew him, and to those who will come to know him.
- DirectorDelnaz AbadiStarsDelnaz AbadiMehdi AslaniMonireh BaradaranLate July 1988, the Islamic Republic of Iran suddenly locked down its prisons where thousands of political prisoners were serving their sentences. For five months, families desperately searched for news about their imprisoned loved ones. When finally they were summoned to prison, they were given a bag and told that their prisoner had been executed -- no explanation, no last will, no body, no burial location. To this day, no Islamic Republic official has assumed responsibility. To this day, talking about it is a taboo. But thanks to the brave survivors and family members who have come forward to tell their stories, the secret is out. The world can now learn about the 1988 prison massacre in Iran's prisons, unique in the known history of state crimes.
- DirectorMaria BrendleStarsAlina TurdumamatovaNurbek Esengazy UuluMadina TalipbekA young Kyrgyz woman is kidnapped and forced to marry. A drama about the desire for freedom in the clutches of a tradition.
- DirectorAlireza RaisianStarsDariush FarhangFarokhlagha HushmandFatemah Motamed-AriaAn exploration of the psychological effects of war on a middle-class Iranian family who flee Teheran following a night air raid.
- DirectorSam DunnScot McFadyenManfred BeckerStarsLinda BlairKenneth AngerZeena SchreckFrom Texas to the Vatican, Satan Lives meets with Satanists, exorcists, cult icons - believers and non-believers alike - to ask why in the age of reason the Devil remains so powerful and seductive.
- DirectorShawn BannonWhat is the price some pay for the world's pork? North Carolina residents take on one of the world's most powerful companies in a fight for their rights to clean air, pure water, and a life free from the stench of pig feces.
- DirectorMeg PartridgeStarsImogen CunninghamA story about American photographer Imogen Cunningham (1883 - 1976).
- DirectorMary MazzioGabriel Osorio VargasAlec SokolowStarsJessica ChastainI AM LITTLE RED is an 8-minute animated short aimed at children most at-risk for sex trafficking with the goal of prevention and awareness. The film is a re-imaging of the classic fable Little Red Riding Hood that addresses the four major tactics that a Wolf might use to lure any Little Red off their path of life.
- DirectorJames TonkinStarsTony BanksPhil CollinsGenesisGenesis - The Last Domino? follows Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford and their crew as they build and rehearse their Last Domino tour. Despite the complications and uncertainties of the global Covid pandemic and without confirmed dates the band took the decision to spend the time and money so they would be prepared once the world returned to normal. The film follows the creative and emotional processes involved and features band interviews and live performance from the spectacular yet to be seen show.
- DirectorPatricio GuzmánStarsSalvador AllendeTrue story of the saga that was hoped to be the long-awaited justice brought to bear upon Augusto Pinochet, Chilean dictator from 1973 to 1990. In September 1998, Pinochet flew to London on a pleasure trip but experienced back pain and underwent an operation in the London Clinic. Upon waking, he was arrested by Scotland Yard. Could it be that this was to become the first Latin American dictator to answer for crimes while serving as Head of State? After 500 days of house arrest, he nevertheless eventually returned unscathed to Chile, despite the compelling case built against him before and during this period by a young Spanish prosecutor, Carlos Castresana.
- DirectorDavid BradburyStarsSalvador AllendeMarion CampbellJohn DenverFilmmakers enters Chile in 1985, one of the cruelest years of Augusto Pinochet right-wing military dictatorship. With the excuse of documenting religion and Viña del Mar Festival, they witness the truth about Chile under Pinochet.
- StarsBob CarruthersRobin LenmanChris ReadHistorians comment on the use of Joseph Goebbels' effective use of Nazi propaganda with archive footage of Germany during the period leading up to and during World War Two.
- DirectorJeff KaufmanStarsOlivia ColmanAnn CurryShirin EbadiAn immersive portrait of one of the world's most courageous human rights activists and political prisoners, Nasrin Sotoudeh, and of Iran's remarkably resilient women's rights movement.
- DirectorRebecca CappelliStarsRebecca CappelliMelanie JoySamata PattinsonA documentary going behind the scenes of the fashion industry to investigate fur, leather and wool, greenwashing and the impact of brands using animal skins on people, planet and animals.
- DirectorNick August-PernaChris DapkinsCarlo Mirabella-DavisStarsCatherine HansardGlen HansardMarkéta IrglováThe world fell in love with Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová when their songwriting collaboration in the film Once (2007) culminated in a jubilant Oscar win. But behind the scenes, where Glen and Mar's on-screen romance became reality, a grueling two-year world tour threatens to fracture their fated bond. Filmed in black and white, this music-filled documentary is an intimate look at the exhilaration and turmoil created by both love and fame.
- DirectorSteffi NiederzollStarsReyhaneh JabbariShole PakravanFereydoon JabbariFollows a female student in Tehran who was hanged for murder. She had acted in self-defense against a rapist. For a pardon and after seven years in prison, she would have had to retract her testimony.
- DirectorRoddy BogawaStorm ThorgersonStarsCora BarnesPeter BarnesSyd BarrettFollow the moment Barrett was kicked out of Pink Floyd, from the narrative of him going from groundbreaking musician to iconic rocker and manic, unstable star.
- DirectorMark PearceMark PearceStarsFrancis BodkinMark ClaytonAnastasia DalzielA journey deep into the native forests of Australia, where people who care for the lyrebird help us understand not only the lyrebird's sophisticated artwork, but what its message may be for humanity.
- DirectorBahman GhobadiStarsNariman AnwarHelly LuvA documentary about Kurds, middle-east war and "Kurdistan", a nation with about 45m population and still without a country.
- DirectorZar Amir EbrahimiGuy NattivStarsArienne MandiZar Amir EbrahimiJaime Ray NewmanIranian female judoka Leila and her coach Maryam, who travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran's first gold medal. Midway through the competition, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose. With her own and her family's freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: feign injury and comply with the Iranian regime as Maryam implores her to do, or defy them both and fight on, for the gold.
- DirectorMahmod AhmadRonahi EzaddinSami HosseinA documentary made by eight children from Kobani and Shengal in refugee camps on the border of Syria and Iraq, who recorded their own life experiences and stories in the wake of brutal attacks by ISIS.
- DirectorBrad AllgoodCamilo de CastroAn emerging crisis in one of the last remaining rainforests in Central America ignites a heroic mission in PATROL. When illegal cattle ranchers decimate large swaths of rainforest, indigenous rangers join forces with an American conservationist and undercover journalists to expose the dark world of conflict beef.
- DirectorFarnaz JurabchianMohammadreza JurabchianStarsFarnaz JurabchianMohammadreza JurabchianThree generations of an Iranian family, from the 1979 Islamic Revolution to today.
- DirectorKip AndersenKameron WatersStarsKip AndersenMichael BeckwithMelanie JoyThe moral dimension of humanity's interaction with nonhuman animals and the industries that profit from their exploitation, as informed by world religions. A historical explanation of how the current global situation came to be.
- DirectorDave MullinsStarsJake McLeanAt a World War I front, a carrier pigeon delivers moves messages between two soldiers playing a chess game, unaware they are on opposite sides.
- DirectorSheila NevinsTrish AdlesicNazenet HabtezghiStarsAdlerRuth AnneAriannaReveals the voices of the impacted parties of books banned from school districts, inspiring hope for the future through the profound insights of inquisitive youthful minds.
- DirectorVincent René-LortieStarsLéokim Beaumier-LépineÉlia St-PierreIsabelle BlaisInspired by a true story, Invincible recounts the last 48 hours in the life of Marc-Antoine Bernier, a 14-year-old boy on a desperate quest for freedom.
- DirectorNazrin ChoudhuryStarsBrittany SnowJuliet DonenfeldRedding MunsellA poor single mother must go out of state for a necessary abortion.
- DirectorMaryam MoghadamBehtash SanaeehaStarsLili FarhadpourEsmaeel MehrabiMohammad HeidariSeventy-year-old Mahin, solitary until now, chooses to revive her love life. A chance encounter becomes an unforgettable evening.
- DirectorMaryam MoghadamBehtash SanaeehaThey focus on the relationship between two women in a traditional rural society.
- DirectorFarzan DeljouStarsReyhan ShamsAfshin KatanchiNakta Pahlevan"Zhina til now" unfolds the poignant tale of Zhina, a young girl whose celebration of college acceptance in Tehran takes a devastating turn which births Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran.
- DirectorAyat NajafiStarsImed AlibiÉlise CaronJeanne CherhalIn Iran, since the 1979 Islamic revolution, women are no longer allowed to sing in public as soloists - at least in front of men. Defying censorship and taboos, the young composer Sara Najafi is determined to organize an official concert for solo female singers. In order to support their fight, Sara and her friends invite three French female singers, Elise Caron, Jeanne Cherhal and Emel Mathlouthi, to join them in Tehran and collaborate on their musical project, re-opening a musical bridge between Europe and Iran. Are they going to succeed and finally be gathered in Tehran, sing together, on stage and without restrictions, and to open a door towards a new freedom of women in Iran ?
- StarsDavid AttenboroughAdvanced audio tech reveals never-before-heard animal behaviors: caiman chirping in eggs, lions and hyenas nocturnal skirmishes, puzzling fish humming, avian mimicry precision.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsSoma SantokiMasaki SudaKô ShibasakiIn the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.
- DirectorMaggie GyllenhaalStarsChristian BaleJessie BuckleyPenélope CruzIn 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create a companion. They give life to a murdered woman as the Bride, sparking romance, police interest, and radical social change.
- DirectorAli AbbasiStarsJeremy StrongMaria BakalovaSebastian StanThe story of how a young Donald Trump started his real estate business in 1970s and 80s New York with the helping hand of infamous lawyer Roy Cohn.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsPierce BrosnanHelen MirrenBen KingsleyFour septuagenarian friends live in a retirement community and solve cold cases for fun. But when a shady property developer is found dead, the four find themselves in the middle of their first live crime.
- DirectorKaweh ModiriStarsJasmin TabatabaiMohsen NamjooShabnam Toloui37 years after her daughter was executed in Iran, Haleh finds the woman who betrayed her. The traitor, now a loving mother herself and just arrived in the Netherlands, does not recognize Haleh and trusts her as an older and wiser countryman. While Haleh is plotting her revenge, she gets to know the perpetrator better than she would like to.
- DirectorSheida SheikhhaStarsZar Amir EbrahimiEdon RizvanolliIvan GeorgievA political drama about a committee that is formed to choose a new national anthem after a fictional dictatorship goes through a revolution. Set in one meeting room, the film showcases the arguments that arise when the committee members' unanimous choice is suspiciously disqualified.
- DirectorNavid Nikkhah AzadStarsMotahareh KavianiSadegh Molaei'NO END': After his exposé film gets confiscated, filmmaker Gholamali Darbari defiantly crafts a protest selfie-video to challenge Iran's truth suppression, aiming for global impact.
- DirectorVlad PetriStarsIlinca HarnutVictoria StoiciuTwo women separated by political revolutions find connection through letters, defying distance and turmoil.
- DirectorSepideh FarsiStarsMina KavaniHamidreza DjavdanParviz SayyadAfter an Iraqi missile strike, the oil metropolis of Abadan descends into chaos. Fourteen-year-old Omid, who works as a food delivery boy, is searching for his missing brother - and for an escape route out of the besieged city.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsAndy SerkisJamie BellBased on the comic book Prisoners of the Sun, where Tintin and Haddock head to South America to find a cure for their friend professor Calculus.
- DirectorAndy SerkisStarsAndy SerkisFeature film based on the novel by George Orwell.