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DEATH WITHOUT MERCY, dir. Waad Al-Kateab
Feature Documentary | Paramount+
DEATH WITHOUT MERCY is a powerful record of the earthquake that left 50,000 people dead in Turkey and Syria. Director Waad Al-Kateab follows two Syrian families searching for their loved ones over 10 days in the earthquake’s aftermath.
The shock of this disaster soon gives way to a damning record of human failure highlighting official incompetence and the lack of humanitarian aid impeding the search for these survivors.
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KLITSCHKO: MORE THAN A FIGHT, dir. Kevin Macdonald & Edgar Dubrovskiy
Feature Documentary, 2024 | Sky Documentaries & NOW
Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald’s portrait of former heavyweight boxing world champion and current Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko is a riveting account of an extraordinary individual and an urgent engagement with one of the most pressing issues of our time.
With unprecedented access to Vitali Klitschko and his brother Wladimir, who together dominated the heavyweight boxing world for more than a decade, KLITSCHKO: MORE THAN A FIGHT captures the longest serving Mayor of Kyiv as he holds his city together in the face of constant Russian aggression.
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LAST SONG FROM KABUL, dir. Kevin Macdonald
Short Documentary, 2023 | Paramount+
The music stopped when the Taliban took over Afghanistan—it was forbidden, the penalty death. Young girls who belonged to a quiet music school had to go into hiding where they feared for themselves and their families.
Directed by Academy Award-winner Kevin MacDonald (One Day in September, Whitney, The Mauritanian), LAST SONG FROM KABUL tells the riveting, heroic story of these girls, who, now orphans with broken hearts, must escape to Portugal where they try to rebuild their fractured lives and begin to play music again.
In 2023, LAST SONG FROM KABUL was shortlisted for the 96th Academy Awards for Best Documentary Short Subject.
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RAINBOW WARRIOR, dir. Edward McGurn
Feature Documentary, 2023 | Greenpeace
RAINBOW WARRIOR is about spies, sex and submarines: how a small group of environmentalist hippies astonishingly took on a nuclear superpower.
In July 1985, two bombs exploded in New Zealand, sinking a ship belonging to a little-known pressure group called Greenpeace. Investigators suspected terrorists but quickly uncovered clues leading directly to... the French Government.
For the first time, Rainbow Warrior interviews all the key players – including one of the bomb-makers – to reveal a fascinating story of cult members, corrupt politicians, madness and mishap.
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SISTERS INTERRUPTED, dir. Caroline Sharp
Feature Documentary, 2023 | Fremantle
SISTERS INTERRUPTED is the story of two sisters, one condition, and hundreds of years of stigma. With close and intimate access, we reveal the hidden world of epilepsy- a life-threatening seizure condition that effects 50 million people worldwide.
This documentary follows British sisters Chelsea and Tamsin Leyland as they both battle forms of epilepsy and together fight for access to a treatment that could save both of their lives. Filmed over three years, this is a defining story of a love of two sisters fiercely battling against all odds.
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2020: THE STORY OF US, dir. Kevin Macdonald & David Charap
Feature Documentary, 2021 | ITV
Oscar-winner Kevin Macdonald followed healthcare staff and Covid patients during the first wave of the virus - but found an unexpected story.
THE STORY OF US is the story of Coronavirus in Britain through the experience of people immersed in its impact, both personally and professionally, with extensive access to intensive care units across the country and stretching through the full lockdown and beyond.
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IT TAKES A FLOOD, dir. Kevin Macdonald
Feature Documentary, 2021 | ITV
From Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald comes a film about extreme flooding in the UK, which takes viewers inside the homes of people seriously affected by the increasingly ferocious floods hitting the country.
With one in six British homes now at risk of flooding, we meet horrified homeowners as floodwater pours out of toilets during the flash floods that hit London in the summer of 2021.
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THE CAPOTE TAPES, dir. Ebs Burnough
Feature Documentary, 2019 | Amazon Prime
Truman Capote was a singular figure in the 20th century. His bestsellers Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood made him a literary icon, but his final novel, Answered Prayers was left unfinished.
THE CAPOTE TAPES is based on Capote’s Answered Prayers, which set out to expose Manhattan’s social aristocracy after he befriended them. Director Ebs Burnough brings an understanding of elite cultural circles from his own distinguished career, which includes a stint in Obama’s White House. The film features interviews with Capote's friends and enemies, and previously unheard audio archives.
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and closed DOC NYC in 2019.
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PRICE WARS, dir. Rupert Russell
Feature Documentary, 2021 |
PRICE WARS is a shattering account of the destabilizing power of price, and a forceful critique of the free market philosophy that leaves the most vulnerable at the mercy of the commodities markets.
Director Rupert Russell explores how commodity traders in New York and London have destabilised societies across the world, leaving the most vulnerable at the mercy of hunger, chaos, and war. PRICE WARS is a powerful and groundbreaking documentary revealing the immense power of the commodities markets to disrupt the world."
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LITTLE PYONGYANG, dir. Roxy Rezvany
Short Documentary, 2018 | The Guardian
LITTLE PYONGYANG tells the tale of one North Korean's struggle to leave behind the homeland, Joong-wha Choi, a former soldier in the DPRK, lives today with his wife and kids in a sleepy London suburb. Despite enjoying the newfound comforts of his British life, and being emancipated from the pressures of the North Korean state, his dilemma lies in a desire to return to the land that betrayed him, but is undoubtedly his true home. The film tracks his reflections on both why he left North Korea and the state of his day to day life over the course of several months, in what is ultimately a portrait of loss, longing, and the complexities of healing from trauma.
The film was an official selection at ten film festivals and premiered at CPH:DOX, Sheffield Doc/Fest, and Aesthetica in 2018.
Winner: Best Documentary, The Smalls Film Festival 2018
Winner: Best Director, UnderWire Festival 2018
Winner: Best Cinematography, SIMA Awards 2019
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KILLING GAVLE, dir. Joe Fletcher
Short Documentary, 2017 | The Guardian
In the small city of Gävle, northern Sweden, there is an annual fight between local custodians and mischievous pagans for the spirit of Christmas. Each year since 1966, business owners have paid for a 13-metre (40ft) effigy of a goat to be made of straw and displayed in the central square from the first day of Advent.
In 37 of those years, the goat has been burned down or damaged by shadowy outsiders, sometimes within a few hours of going up. In this film, residents from both sides of the goat conflict explain their hopes and motivations as Advent ticks down to Christmas.
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UNKNOWN MALE NUMBER 1, dir. Hugo Berkeley
Four-Part Series & Feature Documentary, 2017 | BBC Storyville & Sky Italia
A murder, a body, a single piece of unknown DNA. So begins the gripping story of one of the most ambitious forensic investigations ever undertaken. Science and passion collide in this 7-year saga of murder and the search for justice in the foothills of the Italian Alps.
How far would you go in pursuit of justice? The tragic murder of 13-year old Yara Gambiarasio near her home in northern Italy in 2010 sparked the most high-profile and shocking murder investigation in recent Italian history. This documentary follows the tenacious and emotionally-invested lead prosecutor in her case as she seeks justice.
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DECADENCE AND DOWNFALL: THE SHAH'S OF IRAN ULTIMATE PARTY, dir. Hassan Amini
Feature Documentary, 2016 | BBC Storyville
In 1971, the Shah of Iran, the self-proclaimed 'king of kings', celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian monarchy by throwing the greatest party in history. Money was no object - a lavish tent city, using 37km of silk, was erected in a specially created oasis.
Every party leaves a few hangovers. This one left a country reeling, never to recover. It crystallised the opposition, led by the Ayatollah Khomeini. More than any other event, this party marked the break between the king of kings and the people of Iran he reigned over.
The film was originally broadcast on BBC Storyville and is now available to watch on Amazon Prime.
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