Best of Fest

Our selection of the year’s latest and best award-winning films screened in major international film festivals including Cannes, Sundance, Tel Aviv, Sydney, Toronto, Hong Kong, Sheffield as well as the documentary meccas of IDFA Amsterdam and HotDocs Canada.

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A Jihad for Love

USA Jihad is an Arabic noun meaning "struggle" — A Jihad for Love is a film chronicling the personal religious struggle to reconcile religion and love.
Oblivion

The Netherlands/Germany Heddy Honigmann’s El Olvido (oblivion) tells us the stories of common people living in Lima, Peru, a country fraught with corruption and poverty.
Another Planet

Hungary, Belgium, Finland Shot on four continents and spoken in five languages, Another Planet studies the problems facing our planet today.
Operation Filmmaker

USA Do-gooder intentions go disastrously wrong when actor/director Liev Schreiber invites Iraqi film student Muthana to join the shoot of his film.

Lucio

Spain A cinematic and riveting documentary on Lucio Urtubia: An anarchist, bank robber, forger, fugitive and above all, a bricklayer.
Her Name is Sabine

France French actress Sandrine Bonnaire’s deeply moving directorial debut about her 38 year old autistic younger sister, Sabine.
JUMP!

USA JUMP! is about kids who push physical and psychological limits to compete in the World Jump Rope Competition. Rivalry and collaboration have dramatic, unexpected results.
The Beetle

Israel Filmmaker Orion takes a humourous and moving last road trip in a bid to find the people who previously owned, loved and even gave birth to his cherished Beetle.