Genre: Foreign Documentaries
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
Directed by: György Pálfi
This love letter to the movies, the result of more than three years' work, assembles clips from more than 450 films to weave its own new narrative. Crossing time and place, the completed…
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Caesar Must Die (2012)
Cast: Cosimo Raga, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri …
Directed by: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani take their cameras inside Rome's Rebbibia Prison as its inmates stage a production of Shakespeare's &NFi;Julius Caesar&NFi_;. The film reveals…
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Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi und römischer Beton (2012)
Directed by: Heinz Emigholz
This survey by Heinz Emigholz places Pier Luigi Nervi's distinctive architecture in the context of ancient Rome's great concrete buildings. Emigholz illustrates what Nervi's…
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Putin's Kiss (2012)
Cast: Oleg Kashin, Masha Drokova
Directed by: Lise Birk Pedersen
This political drama traces the saga of Masha Drokova, whose devotion to a Russian nationalist youth movement brings her many perquisites. But when she begins spending time with a group of…
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Anton Corbijn Inside Out (2012)
Cast: Anton Corbijn, Bono, Dave Gahan …
Directed by: Klaartje Quirijns
This documentary portrait of photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn records his globe-hopping career and explores the source of his reclusive nature. Director Klaartje Quirijns examines the…
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Indignados (2012)
Cast: Isabel Vendrell Cortès, Mamebetty Honore Diallo, Fiona Monbet …
Directed by: Tony Gatlif
Stéphane Hessel's left-wing booklet &NFi;Time for Outrage! &NFi_;becomes the blueprint for the odyssey of Betty, an African woman newly arrived in Europe. Through her eyes, the film…
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Step Up to the Plate (2012)
Cast: Michel Bras, Sébastien Bras
Directed by: Paul Lacoste
Acclaimed French chef Michel Bras passes the torch (in this case his namesake restaurant) to his son Sébastien in this intimate documentary. The eatery, its mouth-watering cuisine and…
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Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
Cast: Sixto Rodriguez
Directed by: Malik Bendjelloul
Decades after Detroit singer-songwriter Rodriguez disappeared following the failure of his two critically praised records in the 1970s, two fans from South Africa, where Rodriguez was a huge…
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Bay of All Saints (2012)
Directed by: Annie Eastman
This heartfelt documentary spotlights the plight of poor Brazilians living in the "water slums" of Bahia who are facing eviction by the government. The film focuses in particular on three…
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Anton's Right Here (2012)
Directed by: Lyubov Arkus
The director of this six-years-in-the-making documentary was introduced to its subject, an autistic teen, through the boy's writing. It's the camera lens, though, that takes viewers…
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Polluting Paradise (2012)
Directed by: Fatih Akin
The fate of a Turkish village threatened by the creation of a huge garbage landfill is the focus of this documentary, shot between 2007 and 2012. Residents and local politicians wage a…
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Garden in the Sea (2012)
Cast: Cristina Iglesias, Manuel Arango, Rodolfo Ogarrio …
Directed by: Thomas Riedelsheimer
This visually spectacular documentary follows Spanish artist Cristina Iglesias, who has been commissioned to create an underwater sculpture in the Mexican Sea of Cortez that will enrich the…
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Enzo Avitabile Music Life (2012)
Cast: Enzo Avitabile, Amal Murkus, Trilok Gurtu …
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme helms this musical documentary that shines a light on the eclectic sounds of songwriter-musician Enzo Avitabile. The film blends performance footage with interviews that reveal…
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Lullaby to My Father (2012)
Cast: Yaël Abecassis, Jeanne Moreau, Hanna Schygulla …
Directed by: Amos Gitai
Director Amos Gitai presents a documentary about his architect father, Munio Gitai Weinraub, who fled Hitler's Germany after studying at the Bauhaus. After making his way to Israel,…
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The Triplet (2012)
Cast: Raffaele Costagliola, Domenico Manzi
Directed by: Vincenzo Marra
Filmed inside Naples's Secondigliano penitentiary, this personality-driven documentary shadows 29-year-old inmate Raffaele Costagliola, a man with twin brothers who's been in prison…
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Bel Borba Aqui (2012)
Cast: Bel Borba
Directed by: Burt Sun, Andre Costantini
Armed with inspiration and a variety of materials, Brazilian artist Bel Borba turns his hometown of Salvador into an ever-evolving art gallery. The resulting work is an expression of his…
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Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room (2012)
Cast: Peggy Montgomery
Directed by: Vera Iwerebor
This engaging documentary tells the story of Diana Serra Cary (aka Baby Peggy), who began her silent film career at 19 months old and was washed out by age 11. She went on to become an…
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The Tightrope (2012)
Cast: Peter Brook, Yoshi Oida, Marcello Magni …
Directed by: Simon Brook
Famed theater director Peter Brook reveals his approach to teaching and working with actors in this documentary filmed by his son, Simon Brook. The passionate Brook guides a cast of stage…
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Bob Wilson's Life and Death of Marina Abramovic (2012)
Cast: Marina Abramovic, Robert Wilson, Willem Dafoe …
Directed by: Giada Colagrande
This hourlong semi-documentary records the musical stage collaboration between director Robert Wilson and veteran performance artist Marina Abramovic. Also included is a wealth of background…
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Without a Net (2012)
Directed by: Kelly J. Richardson
This documentary follows four young people living in the slums of Rio de Janeiro with few options in life who become inspired to learn trapeze, acrobatics, juggling and contortion when a…
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Terramatta (2012)
Cast: Roberto Nobile
Directed by: Costanza Quatriglio
Vincenzo Rabito is an illiterate Sicilian who nonetheless authors a sprawling history of his lifetime, using a musical language all his own. Director Costanza Quatriglio blends Rabito's…
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Cinema Jenin: The Story of a Dream (2012)
Directed by: Marcus Vetter
Marcus Vetter returns to the Palestinian West Bank town featured in his Heart of Jenin to document the resurrection of a dilapidated theater. More than just a construction project, the…
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Ride & Fly (2012)
Directed by: Emmbé
With skis on their feet and parachutes strapped to their backs, three fearless athletes chase the ultimate adrenaline fix with speed riding, a hybrid sport that sends them alternately skiing…
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Le Cose Belle (2012)
Directed by: Giovanni Piperno, Agostino Ferrente
In this gripping documentary, four Neapolitan kids interviewed in 1999 are quizzed again 10 years later by the filmmakers. In the intervening decade, political and economic turmoil have…
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We Women Warriors (2012)
Directed by: Nicole Karsin
Three resourceful indigenous Colombian women use nonviolent methods to protect their people, inspire hope and bring about transformation amid Colombia's catastrophic drug-related…