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Millennium Docs Against Gravity Festival Director on How Documentary Film Helps Audiences Find ‘Sense Amid the Chaos’ of Current Events

Poland’s Millennium Docs Against Gravity, the documentary film festival that takes place simultaneously across seven Polish cities, returns for its 23rd edition from May 7 – 17 with a focus on the audience-facing attitude that has helped it evolve from a scrappy local affair into the country’s largest film festival. “Our main goal from day […]

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Nina Hoss Thriller ‘The Other Side,’ Underdog Story ‘The Rome Eight’ Join Beta Slate at Cannes

Beta Cinema has added two films to its Cannes Market slate: “The Other Side,” an Alpine-set adventure thriller starring Nina Hoss, and “The Rome Eight,” an underdog story based on true events, starring Oliver Masucci, who was in Oscar-nominated “Never Look Away,” German box-office hit “Look Who’s Back” and Netflix hit “Dark,” and Felix Kammerer, […]

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‘Runa Simi’: About One Man’s Quest to Dub ‘The Lion King’ into Quechua

It took Peru’s Augusto Zegarra nine years to complete his debut feature documentary “Runa Simi” but less than a year to reap a boatload of awards. He just took home the Alternativa Film Festival’s Focus Award last April 30, which includes a hefty cash prize. This would be the 19th  honor, starting with Tribeca’s Albert […]

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