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Open City Documentary Festival

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Still from Laida Lertxundi's Inner Outer Space
Credit: Laida Lertxundi, Inner Outer Space
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Time Out says

Now in a hybrid online and in-person format, Open City Documentary Festival is one of the capital’s most diverse celebrations of non-fiction cinema

The great thing about non-fiction cinema is that its best stuff always leaves you knowing a bit more, thinking a little differently, seeing the world as an even more complex place than before. And no, not all documentaries do that – I’m looking at you, ‘Tiger King’ – but the kind shown at Open City Documentary Festival do.

This year’s edition, as usual, spans stories from more different countries, peoples and eras than I can really do justice to, from a study of rural Japanese communities to an exploration of modern female labour in the UK. Embarking on a hybrid format after the pandemic, the festival will be showing 46 new films from 26 different countries, as well as putting on filmmaker Q&As, panels and workshops.

The Open City Documentary Festival takes place at various venues across the city from Sep 8-14 and is online Sep 13-23.

Ed Cunningham
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