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Adrianne & The Castle (Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Shannon Walsh; Writer: Shannon Walsh, Laurel Sprengelmyer; Stars: Alan St-George, Adrianne St-George)
A musical documentary about grief and the creative power of love, told through the astonishing story of Alan and Adrianne St-George and their hand-built castle in rural Illinois.
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Agent Of Happiness (Country: Bhutan, Hungary; Year: 2024; Director: Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó)
Amber is one of the many agents working for the Bhutanese government to measure people’s happiness levels among the remote Himalayan mountains. But will he find his own along the way?
Full Review See: Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó on their latest documentary collaboration
My Sweet Land (Country: Ireland, France, Jordan, US; Year: 2024; Director: Sareen Hairabedian; Writer: Sareen Hairabedian)
For 11-year-old Vrej, life in his homeland Artsakh is like a paradise, but when war starts again, can he carry a nation’s hopes on his young shoulders?
Full Review See: Sareen Hairabedian on shooting her coming-of-age documentary My Sweet Land in the shadow of conflict
No Other Land (Country: Palestinian Territories; Year: 2024; Director: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor; Stars: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal)
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli authorities and the unlikely alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
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A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Mark Cousins)
Consideration of the painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham.
Full Review See: Cousins discovers a kindred spirit in Barns-Graham
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