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All That Breathes All That Breathes
All That Breathes and Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be
All That Breathes (Country: UK, India; Year: 2022; Director: Shaunak Sen; Stars: Mohammad Saud, Nadeem Shehzad)
Against the darkening backdrop of Delhi's apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the black kite.
Full Review See: Shaunak Sen on his documentary All That Breathes
For The Sake Of Peace (Country: US, France; Year: 2022; Director: Christophe Castagne, Thomas Sametin; Stars: Gatjang Dagor, Nandege Magdalena Lokoro)
South Sudan is the youngest country in the world, at war with itself, with over 350,000 people killed since its inception in 2011. However, through this darkness, its endless cycle of conflict has hope: the determination of young women and men who refuse to give up on peace.
Full Review
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind (Year: 2022; Director: Ethan Coen)
Documentary about the musician.
Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be (Le petit Nicolas: Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux?) (Country: France, Luxembourg; Year: 2022; Director: Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre; Writer: Michel Fessler, Anne Goscinny, Benjamin Massoubre, based on characters by René Goscinny, Jean-Jacques Sempé; Stars: Laurent Lafitte, Alain Chabat, Simon Faliu)
The French schoolboy's adventures mix with the biography of his creators.
Full Review See: Interview with Benjamin Massoubre about Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be
The Natural History Of Destruction (Year: 2022; Director: Sergei Loznitsa)
A film is inspired by WG Sebald’s text Luftkrieg und Literatur about the Allied bombing of German cities in the Second World War.
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