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From Northern Italy to Cuba, Sundance 2021 Features a Variety of Documentaries

Acasa, My Home

In feature films, the director is God; in documentary films, God is the director.Alfred Hitchcock

Sundance Festival 2021 lineup for the World Cinema Documentary Competition has some amazing work to showcase. Some of the films that have premiered in this category in recent years are; Honeyland, Sea of Shadows, Shirkers, This is Home, Last Men in Aleppo, and Hooligan Sparrow.



This year, 12 documentaries from new and emerging directors from around the world are a part of the Sundance movie festival.

Acasa, My Home (Romania, Germany, Finland)

Director: Radu Ciorniciuc



Screenwriters: Lina Vdovii, Radu Ciorniciuc

Producer: Monica Lazurean-Gorgan

An extraordinary story of families striving to live city life after spending decades in the Bucharest Delta.



The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (Ukraine, Lithuania)

The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

Director: Iryna Tsilyk

Producers: Anna Kapustina, Giedrė Žickytė

An epic story of survival in a war zone, and life in surreal surroundings.

Epicentro (Austria, France, U.S.A.)

Epicentro

Director and screenwriter: Hubert Sauper

Producers: Martin Marquet, Daniel Marquet, Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Paolo Calamita

Cuba, New World, romance and financial troubles, all entwined in one documentary.

Influence (South Africa, Canada)

Influence

Directors and Screenwriters: Diana Neille, Richard Poplak

Producers: Bob Moore, Neil Brandt

This interesting story covers the rise and fall of the British multinational Bell Pottinger.

Into the Deep (Denmark)

Into the Deep

Director: Emma Sullivan

Producers: Mette Heide, Roslyn Walker

An insight into the life of amateur inventor turned murderer, Peter Madsen.

The Mole Agent (Chile, U.S.A., Germany, The Netherlands, Spain)

The Mole Agent

Director and screenwriter: Maite Alberdi

Producer: Marcela Santibañez

An 83-years-old man, who joins a retirement home as a new resident, and as a new mole for investigator Romulo, struggles to do his job while trying to balance his new relationships in the new place.

Once Upon A Time in Venezuela (Venezuela, United Kingdom, Brazil, Austria)

Once Upon A Time in Venezuela

Director: Anabel Rodríguez Ríos

Screenwriters: Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, Sepp R. Brudermann

Producer: Sepp R. Brudermann

Heartening tale of once thriving and now decaying the Venezuelan village of Congo Mirador.

The Painter and the Thief (Norway)

The Painter and the Thief

Director: Benjamin Ree

Producer: Ingvil Giske

She stole her paintings, now it is her turn to take revenge through friendship.

The Reason I Jump (United Kingdom)

The Reason I Jump

Director: Jerry Rothwell

Producers: Jeremy Dear, Stevie Lee, Al Morrow

A must watch if you are interested in knowing what goes into the world of non speaking autistic people around the world.

Saudi Runaway (Switzerland)

Saudi Runaway

Director and screenwriter: Susanne Regina Meures

Producer: Christian Frei

The story of ‘A’, who is trying to escape a tyrannical government, and an equally controlling family.

Softie (Kenya)

Softie

Director and screenwriter: Sam Soko

Producers: Toni Kamau, Sam Soko

The story of Boniface Mwangi, a daring photojournalist, who is stuck in making a choice between his aspirations to join politics, and his family.

The Truffle Hunters (Italy, U.S.A., Greece)

The Truffle Hunters

Directors: Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw

Producers: Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw

The white Alba truffle, searched by some old men and their dogs in Northern Italy, coupled with the human passion that surpasses all else.

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