21-09-2015

Warsaw Film Festival Announces Documentary Lineup

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    WARSAW: Fifteen documentaries will compete for the Best Documentary Award at the 31st Warsaw Film Festival (9-18 October 2015).

    The International Jury will be composed of Karolina Bielawska, director (Poland), Dorota Lech, artistic director Hot Docs (Kanada) and Bettina Wilhelm, director and writer (Germany).

    DOCUMENTARY LINEUP:

    Autism in Love (USA)
    Directed by Matt Fuller  

    Brothers / Bracia (Poland)
    Directed by Wojciech Staroń
    Produced by Staron Film
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Chuck Norris vs. Communism (UK, Romania, Germany)
    Directed by Ilinca Călugăreanu
    Produced by Vernon Films, Ratpac Documentary Films
    Coproduced by Passion Pictures, Impact Partners, HBO Europe, 4Proof Film

    A Flickering Truth (New Zealand)
    Directed by Pietra Brettkelly

    Gayby baby (Australia)
    Directed by Maya Newell  

    The Ground We Won (New Zealand)
    Directed by Christopher Pryor 

    Horizon / Sjóndeildarhringur (Island, Denmark)
    Directed by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

    Isolated / Aislados (Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico)
    Directed by Marcela Lizcano

    Kings of Nowhere / Los reyes del pueblo que no existe (Mexico)
    Directed by Betzabé García

    On Football / O futebol (Spain)
    Directed by Sergio Oksman

    Sick / Bolesno (Croatia)
    Directed by Hrvoje Mabić
    Produced by FADE IN
    Coproduced by Drugi Plan
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

    A Sinner in Mecca (USA, India, Germany, Saudi Arabia)
    Directed by Parvez Sharma

    Tuk-Tuk (Egypt)
    Directed by Romany Saad

    Somos Cuba - We Are Cuba / Somos Cuba - Wir sind Kuba (Germany)
    Directed by Annett Ilijew 

    Yallah! Underground (Czech Republic, Germany, United Kingdom, Egypt, Canada, USA)
    Directed by Farid Eslam
    Produced by Mind Riot Media
    Coproduced by Mortal Coil Media, Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), Birthmark Films