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As thrilling as any espionage movie, the exciting and compassionate story of five Cuban spies imprisoned in the US is given extra resonance via the testimonies of the men themselves and the loved ones they left behind.

Intimate, insightful and at times moving, the film sees the famously taciturn Scot open up about his early life, his ambitions and frustrations as a player and how he created the template for the long-running success of Manchester United.

Nadezda Motina’s Capella Film, one of Russia’s most prolific and adventurous independent distribution outfits, is getting the documentary bug. with the acquisition of Russian rights to Rodney Ascher’s mind-bending Sundance doc A Glitch In The Matrix, sold by Magnolia.

The recipient of a new documentary award dedicated to the memory of Dimitri Eipides was revealed March 4 at Berlinale Talents. The grant of 5,000 euros, an initiative of Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, was given to Miguel Antunes Ramos for his project Dragons.

Silver Bear Jury Prize for Mr Bachmann and His Class by Maria Speth and Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to Yibrán Asuad for the editing on Una película de policías (A Cop Movie) by Alonso Ruizpalacios.

In her masterly film, Olga Lucovnicova has managed to break a cycle of silence - her greatest and much deserved reward is the freedom she has given herself. All other prizes this film deserves might help increase the impact of this sensitive and artfully crafted document.

Esther van Messel’s Zurich-based sales and distribution powerhouse First Hand Films has added several new titles to its early 2021 slate, among them Danish docmaker Louise Detlefsen latest film 'It’s Not Over Yet!'

In a film about the removal of vast trees to satisfy the cravings of a multi-millionaire, the metaphor of ‘uprooting’ also reflects the theme of forced migration and puts up a mirror to the needs and values of society in modern-day Georgia.

A thoughtful, poetical and at times astonishingly beautiful meditation on the state of humankind and the world we live in.

21 projects are selected for 2021 edition of Doc Lab Poland. First session scheduled for April in Warsaw (online or in a hybrid mode) while the second session (DOCS TO START, DOCS TO GO! plus individual meetings) is planned offline for Krakow Film Festival.