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International Documentary Feature Competition

Our International Documentary Feature Competition highlights new films and filmmakers from around the world. We look forward to bringing you films that exemplify the global multiplicity we live in.

International Documentary Feature Competition

FOR MY FATHER’S KINGDOM

Film

FOR MY FATHER’S KINGDOM

Directed by Jeremiah Tauamiti, Vea Mafile'o

Driven by his deep faith in God and traditional culture, a flat-broke Tongan pensioner must navigate not only…

International Documentary Feature Competition

FOR SAMA

Film

FOR SAMA

Directed by Edward Watts, Waad al-Kateab

FOR SAMA is a feature documentary that tells the astonishing story of a 26-year old female Syrian filmmaker,…

International Documentary Feature Competition

LAST NIGHT I SAW YOU SMILING

Film

LAST NIGHT I SAW YOU SMILING

Directed by Kavich Neang

When Phnom Penh’s landmark White Building, home to 493 families, faces demolition, director Kavich Neang records his family…

International Documentary Feature Competition

MERATA: HOW MUM DECOLONISED THE SCREEN

Film

MERATA: HOW MUM DECOLONISED THE SCREEN

Directed by Heperi Mita

Filmmakers in attendance. Contributing to a greater breadth of media representation in indigenous cinema and recouping suppressed histories...

International Documentary Feature Competition

OUR TIME MACHINE

Film

OUR TIME MACHINE

Directed by S. Leo Chiang, Yang Sun

Shaken by news of his father’s dementia, Chinese artist Maleonn sets off to build a time machine.