International Competition

The International Competition selection is made up of 5 world premieres and 4 international premieres representing Australia, Brazil, Lebanon, Mexico, Poland, Spain, UK, US, and Ukraine. These nine powerful films reflect the wide range of documentary filmmaking. They are distinctive in their approach and style and invite us to reconnect with the world in new ways.

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A Bunch of Amateurs

This affectionate tribute to silver screen dreamers details a group of ageing cinephiles’ attempts to save their filmmaking club, including remaking a classic musical.

Kim Hopkins
2022
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After the End of the World

Set amongst the constantly changing city of Beirut, this rousing film explores the knowledge and history spaces can hold, and what happens when those spaces disappear.

Nadim Mishlawi
2022
Film Programme

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Man on Earth

In this visceral, intensely intimate film, 65-year-old Bob has decided to end his own life after four years of living with Parkinson’s Disease.

Amiel Courtin-Wilson
2022
Film Programme

My Name is Andrea

Using archival footage and re-enactments, director Pratibha Parmar brings new light to the work of feminist writer and public intellectual Andrea Dworkin.

Pratibha Parmar
2022
Film Programme

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One Day in Ukraine

Media activist and filmmaking collective Babylon’13, formed during the Maidan uprisings, focus on the events of March 14, 2022 – the 2,944th day of the Russian-Ukrainian War.

Volodymyr Tykhyy
2022
Film Programme

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Sansón and Me

Rodrigo Reyes reconnects with Sansón, a Mexican migrant sentenced to life in prison, who he met when the director was a translator at his trial.

Rodrigo Reyes
2022
Film Programme

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Singing on the Rooftops

The life of nonagenarian Gilda, a drag-queen in Barcelona, dramatically changes when he is asked to take care of an abandoned three-year-old girl.

Enric Ribes
2022
Film Programme

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Swing and Sway

Two filmmakers – one in Brazil, the other in the US – send each other video letters, each inspired by a woman experimental filmmaker, over the course of one year.

Fernanda Pessoa, Chica Barbosa
2022
Film Programme

The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons

A striking portrait of an African American artist who has steadfastly remained an outlier in the art world but whose work offers an essential commentary on race in the US.

Harold Crooks, Judd Tully
2022
Film Programme

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