All My Sisters
Tracking his nieces for two decades, from girlhood to womanhood, documentary maker Massoud Bakhshi’s ‘All My Sisters’ is a quietly subversive, deeply personal insider portrait of gender politics in Iran.
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Author: Stephen Dalton
“In the end, it’s about ethics”: an interview with Isabel Arrate Fernandez
IDFA’s new Artistic Director Isabel Arrate Fernandez on running the world’s largest documentary festival, the dangers of AI, and a controversial new ban on state-funded Israeli films.
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DOK Leipzig 2025: The Verdict
A swansong for outgoing director Christoph Terhechte, the 68th edition of DOK Leipzig made a strong case that politically engaged, formally inventive, intellectually ambitious cinema can still play a critical role in troubled times.
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Take the Money and Run
Funny and compelling, if slightly glib, Ole Juncker’s fast-paced documentary ‘Take the Money and Run’ chronicles the case of a Danish artist who stole a hefty chunk of gallery money, arguing in court that the theft was a conceptual art statement.
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The Woman Who Poked the Leopard
Ugandan poet, political activist and professional troublemaker Stella Nyanzi is the explosively charismatic subject of director Patience Nitumwesiga’s assured debut feature ‘The Woman Who Poked the Leopard’.
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