International Competition

The International Competition selection is made up of 7 World premieres and 2 International premieres representing Brazil, Chile, China, France, Georgia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, UK, Ukraine and USA. 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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Bringing the Voice
Visual artist Klaudia Kemper tries to reconnect with her ageing, aphasic father, a psychoanalyst who remained in Brazil after she left for Chile when she was young.
  • Klaudia Kemper
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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Hotel Metalurg
Survivors of the Abkhaz-Georgian war find themselves under pressure to leave the disused luxury hotel where they have lived for more than 30 years.
  • George Varsimashvili, Jeanne Nouchi
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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If only night wouldn't fall
A unique perspective on three Western countries’ attempts to grapple with anxiety, depression and psychosis. 
  • Marc Schmidt
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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In the Rearview
One country. One minibus. Many journeys. This fly-on-the-wall film captures Ukrainians as they are forced to leave their homes and drive into the unknown.
  • Maciek Hamela
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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Richland
The residents of a town built to house workers who produced the material used for the Nagasaki atomic bomb reflect on its troubled past.
  • Irene Lusztig
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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STEPHEN
Stephen is auditioning to play himself in an inventive, cinematic and moving exploration of addiction and mental health.
  • Melanie Manchot
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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Stone Town
The easternmost fishing town in China sits on the cusp of radical change, as this quietly devastating film details.
  • Jing Guo, Dingding KE
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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The Price of Truth
How far would you go to defend the idea of a free press? Russia’s only independent newspaper and its editor fight for democracy.
  • Patrick Forbes
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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Tish
A moving portrait of social documentary photographer and trailblazer Tish Murtha, who dedicated her life to documenting the lives of working-class communities in North East England.
  • Paul Sng
  • 2023
  • Film Programme
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