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IDFA Best of Fests review: 9to5 – The Story of a...

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An enthralling look back at the moment when, in the 1970s, women finally decided that enough was enough, and the time was ripe to fight for pensions, equal pay and maternity leave.

IDFA Best of Fests: The Game by Roman Hodel

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A thoroughly absorbing, beautifully structured film that offers a perspective on football, that of the ref, that is rarely seen.

IDFA Feature-length Comp review: War and Peace

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War and Peace is no simplistic reinforcement about the horrors of conflict, but rather an examination of how imagery of war can and perhaps should be used.

IDFA Feature-length Competition review: The New Gospel

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Milo Rau’s restaging of Christ’s Passion makes for a heart-felt and at times profoundly angry film set against the backdrop of workers campaigning for basic living conditions and rights in Italy.

IDFA Best of Fests review: Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets

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Cinematic boundaries are boozily and blissfully blurred in brothers Bill and Turner Ross’s absorbing and intoxicating film.

IDFA First Appearance Review: The Last Hillbilly

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A lyrical and intimate film that both celebrates and mourns an increasingly disappearing way of life.

IDFA Feature-length Competition review: White Cube by Renzo Martens

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Who benefits in the art world? And at what cost? A film that asks plenty of questions and astutely comes up with some viable answers.

IDFA Feature Comp review: The Grocer’s Son, The Mayor, The Village...

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The dream to make a sleepy French village a Mecca for auteur documentary makes for an intriguing and ultimately enthralling story.

IDFA Opener review: Nothing But the Sun by Arami Ullón

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An impressively structured film rich in terms of beautifully composed images which brings an understated anger about what has befallen its central character.