Having made a fall festival splash last year at Venice, TIFF, and DOC NYC, documentarian Elizabeth Lo’s Mistress Dispeller is finally headed for a stateside release. Set in modern-day China, the documentary observes a unique industry where professionals go undercover […]

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Not many figures have prophecized the future as urgently as George Orwell. The “1984” and “Animal Farm” author’s work and its connection to the state of the world today is observed in the latest film from documentarian Raoul Peck (I […]

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The Toronto International Film Festival has just announced the lineup for its Docs section, featuring 23 titles from 18 countries and 16 World Premieres. The section will open with Oscar-winning director Ben Proudfoot’s The Eyes of Ghana, which follows the life […]

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Filmmaker Chris Wilcha looks back on a life of lost passion projects and memories in his newest documentary Flipside. The film is the product of Wilcha returning to the New Jersey record store where he worked as a teenage clerk […]

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Only a few days after announcing the Galas and Special Presentations slate, the Toronto International Film Festival has announced the lineup for their Documentary section. TIFF Docs’ opening night film will be Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine’s Copa 71 which […]

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The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its lineup for both the TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema section, featuring films from over 50 countries. The festival will run from September 8 – 18. The Docs lineup includes Laura Poitras’ […]

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