Cat Daddies (USA, 2021) [2022 SF IndieFest]
At first glance, the feature documentary Cat Daddies is nothing more than a “feel-good” movie that explores the unlikely bond between man and feline. Fortunately,...
The Witches of the Orient (France/Japan, 2021)
Julien Faraut follows up his 2018 tennis documentary In the Realm of Perfection with another film on unique sports personalities. This time, he focuses on...
Lost Course (Hong Kong, 2019)
The time for action has passed. I’m older now. The time for reflection has started. — Bruno in Le petit soldat (1960/1963) Early in Jill...
Keep Rolling (Hong Kong, 2020) [OAFF 2021]
Compared to fellow Hong Kong auteurs like John Woo, Tsui Hark, and Wong Kar-wai, Ann Hui’s name isn’t as well known but this veteran filmmaker...
Assassins (USA, 2020)
On February 13, 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un, strolled through Kuala Lumpur International Airport only to be...
Hope’s Home (USA, 2021) [SF IndieFest 2021]
Hope is about to take her first trip to China since she was an infant. She’s stunned by how little she remembers the place, and...
Sing Me a Song (France/Germany/Switzerland, 2019)
Sing Me a Song recalls the groundbreaking Up series which followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964 at seven year intervals. That pioneering...
Me and the Cult Leader (Japan, 2020) [SDAFF 2020]
The full Japanese title of Sakahara Atsushi’s first feature-length documentary is 贖い: 悪の陳腐さに関する新たな報告 (Aganai: aku no chinpusa ni kansuru aratana hokokui), which can be translated...
Archiving Time (Taiwan, 2019) [SDAFF 2020]
Produced by the Taiwan Film Institute (TFI) and helmed by director-cinematographer Lu Yuan-chi, Archiving Time is an engaging documentary look into TFI’s mission and around-the-clock...
Noodle Kid (China/Taiwan, 2019) [LAAPFF 2020]
For the Muslim Hui community in Qinghai Province, located in northwestern China, a frequent trajectory for adolescents has been to stop their primary schooling in...