Doc Visions
Between documentary and fiction lie captivating works that merge observation and imagination in daring, surprising ways, redefining how film can show us the world.
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Let loose in Laos without a crew, master auteur Tsai Ming-liang delivers a quiet, contemplative meditation on place and belonging.
Do You Love Me
A play-it-loud trip through 70 years of Lebanese history.
Hair, Paper, Water…
A critically endangered language is passed from grandmother to grandson in this sensory 16mm docufiction set among Vietnam’s Rục people.
Memory
Visually imaginative and richly symbolic, this filmic collage recalls the writer/director’s own childhood in Chechnya, where she witnessed the atrocities of war firsthand.
Time and Tide
A Melbourne filmmaker returns to the small Chinese town of his childhood, reconnecting with his family under difficult, emotionally profound circumstances.
Waking Hours
A nocturnal descent into the lives of Afghan people smugglers living in the forests of the Balkan route, this Venice award winner is a profound, immersive experience.