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World Cinema Documentary Competition

All About the Money

A son of one of Americas wealthiest families creates a communist revolutionary base in rural Massachusetts as a means of disrupting the capitalist system he grew up in but has now come to despise. Its the starting point of an astonishing journey.

Jan 25, 3:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 26, 2:30 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 7:30 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 30, 9:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 31, 6:15 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Documentary Competition

Birds of War

The love story of a London-based Lebanese journalist and a Syrian activist and cameraman as told through 13 years of personal archives across revolutions, war, and exile.

Jan 24, 6:15 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 25, 5:20 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 26, 6:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 31, 12:30 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Documentary Competition

Closure

After his teenage son goes missing, Daniel scours the depths of the Vistula River, torn between the dread of a fatal leap and the hope that his son may still be alive.

Jan 23, 11:30 A.M. MSTin-person
Jan 24, 1:50 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 26, 9:30 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 3:30 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Documentary Competition

Everybody To Kenmure Street

In May 2021, a U.K. Home Office dawn raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Scotlands most diverse neighborhood, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbors.

Jan 22, 6:15 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 23, 6:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 28, 9:40 A.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 30, 3:30 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 31, 5:30 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Documentary Competition

Hanging by a Wire

A routine school commute turns terrifying when a cable cars wire snaps, leaving eight passengers — including six schoolboys — dangling 900 feet above a ravine in the remote Himalayan foothills. With 10 hours before the remaining cable is expected to fail, a group of rescuers races to save them.

Jan 22, 3:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 23, 8:50 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 24, 12:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 5:20 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 30, 2:45 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Documentary Competition

Kikuyu Land

As a Nairobi journalist probes a land battle entangling the local government and a powerful multinational corporation, covered wounds are revealed and family secrets are exposed.

Jan 25, 12:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 26, 9:00 A.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 6:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 30, 6:30 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Documentary Competition

One In A Million

Filmed over 10 years, one girls epic journey from Syria to Germany and back again. She and her family navigate war, exile, and heartbreak in a foreign land, illuminating the complexities of the refugee experience.

Jan 23, 2:45 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 24, 4:40 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 26, 3:30 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 4:40 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Documentary Competition

Sentient

An investigation into laboratory research on animals exposes a hidden world in which it’s not just the animals getting hurt. The story of Dr. Lisa Jones Engel, a primatologist turned animal welfare advocate, asks whether harming animals and ourselves in science’s name is justified.

Jan 26, 5:45 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 27, 6:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 2:45 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 30, 2:45 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 31, 11:00 A.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Documentary Competition

Silenced

After #MeToo broke the cultural silence on gender violence, international human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson fights against the weaponization of defamation laws to silence survivors.

Jan 24, 12:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 25, 1:10 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 28, 1:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 5:45 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 30, 4:00 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Documentary Competition

To Hold a Mountain

In the remote highlands of Montenegro, a shepherd mother and daughter proudly defend their ancestral mountain from the threat of becoming a NATO military training ground, stirring memories of the violence that shattered their family.

Jan 26, 12:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 27, 4:40 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 2:30 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 30, 3:15 P.M. MSTin-person
Feb 1, 12:45 P.M. MSTin-person

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