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Paul
Subject to depression and social anxiety, Paul has found refuge in serving women who invite him to clean their homes. By sharing his gently eccentric routines on social media, he combats loneliness and takes it one day at a time.
Zodiac Killer Project
A filmmaker describes his abandoned Zodiac Killer documentary and probes the inner workings of a genre at saturation point.
Yalla Parkour
A documentarian revisits Gaza where she encounters a young athlete leading her to embark on a journey through Gaza's devastated landscape.
Kora
Refugee women living in Portugal tell their stories.
Wolf And Dog
A girl begins to question the world around her through her friendship with her gay best friend.
Olga
2013. A 15-year-old gymnast is torn between Switzerland - where she is training for the European Championship in preparation for the Olympics - and Ukraine, where her mother is a journalist, reporting on Euromaidan unrest.
The Whistlers
Film noir sees a corrupt cop learn a whistling language to beat detection while trying to double-cross the mob.
Infinite Football
Documentary about ex-footballer Laurentiu Ginghina's opinions on the game.
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Faced with an unintended pregnancy and a lack of local support, Autumn and her cousin Skylar embark on a brave, fraught journey across state lines to New York City.
I Am Not Your Negro
Essay film based on James Baldwin's writing about the story of race in modern America.
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Visions du Réel Features

Clean content
Director Denis Côté on entering the world of a 'simp' and his dominatrices for Paul
Teen odyssey
We talk to Never Rarely Sometimes Always director Eliza Hittman and star Sidney Flanigan about their quietly devastating drama
'You cannot reach the weirdness of reality'
Screenwriter Efthymis Filippou on his career, collaborations and approach to film
Gentleman of letters
Gay Talese on the importance of James Baldwin and films in I Am Not Your Negro.
Recollections of James Baldwin
Gay Talese on the man behind the legend and I Am Not Your Negro.
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