Sadly, we haven't seen any of these films, so we're going on instinct here: we do hope to have some reviews in time for NEXT weekend's screenings, but in the meantime, here's what our guts, friends, or trusted critics tell us we should check out.
Nigel's Ten:
9 MUSES OF STAR EMPIRE
- A gruelling year in the making of a manufactured Korean girl group.
THE DEFECTOR: ESCAPE FROM NORTH KOREA
- Dude who sneaks Koreans across the border to China.
DETROPIA
- Detroit is falling to bits.
THE ONLY SON
- Stack of Westernised siblings may have to move to Tibetian village to look after their folks.
ONLY THE YOUNG
- 2 young skater dudes are inseparable - until one of them falls for a chick.
PROPAGANDA
- N.Korea's hatred for the West uncovered in YouTube movie (actually a kiwi's social experiment).
REPORTERO + ABUELAS
- ZETA's journalism about Mexican corruption can lead to death / 9min Arg anim-doco.
SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE
- 65yo American finds his Chinese mail-order bride isn't as submissive as expected.
THE SNAPPER SANDWICH
- Live narration & music from filmmaker Tony Burt from Maungaraki.
TALES FROM THE ORGAN TRADE
- street brokers, rogue surgeons, desperate patients, narrated by Cronenberg.
Doug's Ten:
Cosign for DETROPIA, ONLY THE YOUNG, TALES FROM THE ORGAN TRADE, and SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE, plus:
BROOKLYN CASTLE
- Follows 5 kids from a poor public school that somehow pumps out chess-champs.
HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE
- Activists battle AIDS, defied Govt. agencies, infiltrated industry & helped fix it.
THE INVISIBLE WAR
- The secrets epidemic of institutionalised rape and rape culture within the military.
KARSU
- 3yrs with the Turkish teen dubbed the Dutch Norah Jones.
MUSCLE SHOALS
- History of tiny music town in Alabama; Dylan, Stones, Skynyrd, Redding, Garfunkel, et al.
SEXY BABY
- Follows 3 females - 12, 22 & 35 - in the days of internet porn, social media, Labiaplasty, etc.
And here's everything else - maybe there's some treasures in here as well; please share with us if you find any!
BIKES FOR AFRICA
- Kiwi bike/live/work every continent before 30, sets them up a bike workshop in Nambia.
CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT
- Boxing trainer in poor rural China trains kids rigorously.
CUTTING LOOSE / MONDAYS AT RACINE
- Scottish jail haircutting competition / Hairdressing for cancer patients.
DANCE FOR ME
- Follows a 15yo Russian shipped to Denmark to be the perfect dance partner for another li'l guy.
FAMILY TIME / NYOSHA
- Gay Israeli films his bickering family's RV trip to the Grand Canyon / 12min clay-mation.
FINDING MERCY
- White kiwi returns to find her black friend who Mugabe may've killed in Zimbabwe 20yrs ago.
FIRST COMES LOVE
- 41yo director films her solo pregnancy.
THE FOUR YEAR PLAN
- Behind the scenes with the billionaires that bought the QPR English football team.
GOING UP THE STAIRS / INOCENTE
- 50yo Iranian needs permission to exhibit art / Li'l San Diego face painter.
GYPSY DAVY
- Director tracks her Dad, a Cali dude who became famous flamenco guitarist with 5 families.
HENS' NIGHT / THE GREEN CHAIN
- Kiwis fight Dunedin battery farm / dude's 30yr fight over sawmill PCP deaths.
HER MASTER'S VOICE
- Ventriloquist goes to get her inheritance of retired dummies when her lover/ mentor dies.
I AM BREATHING
- Paralysed 33yo dying of Motor Neuron Disease blogs for his 1yo with voice recognition.
I AM ELEVEN
- Interviews with kids around the world, comparing what it's like to be 11yo.
THE IRAN JOB
- US B-Baller joined Iranian B-Ball team and helped spark free speech, prelude to Arab Spring.
THE ISLAND PRESIDENT
- Prez of the Maldives' global campaign to save his 2000 islands from climate change.
LAST CALL AT THE OASIS
- Jessica Yu documents the World's Water Crisis with Erin Brockovich's help.
THE MACHINE WHICH MAKES EVERYTHING DISAPPEAR
- Georgian teens audition, and tell of their country.
MISSING IN THE LAND OF GODS
- Aussie parents still looking for their son in India 6yrs after he walked off.
MR. CAO GOES TO WASHINGTON
- Follows passionate New Orleans Vietnamese congressman, Obama's pal.
MY FATHER AND THE MAN IN BLACK
- Director's Dad used to manage Johnny Cash - and killed himself in '05.
OUTLAWED IN PAKISTAN / SAVING FACE
- 13yo raped & ordered killed / Pakistani women deal with acid attacks!
A PLACE AT THE TABLE
- Follows 3 American families struggling to afford food. Jeff Bridges chimes in.
PRETTY BRUTAL / POUTERS
- 3 kiwis train together to scrap in roller derby / UK rivals in pigeon-stealing hobby.
RAFEA: SOLAR MAMA
- Jordanian desert woman studies solar engineering against the wishes of hubby/ society.
RED WHITE BLACK & BLUE
- US teens on an NZ Rugby Tour, ahead of Olympic Rugby's reinstatement in 2016.
ROAD TO THE GLOBE / A DELICATE CANVAS
- Maori Shakespeare in London / Kiwi hiker makes nature art.
THE RUSSIAN WINTER
- John Forté was with The Fugees at 21, then jailed for drugs, now fresh & touring Russia.
SALMA
- A Muslim girl locked up by her family for 25yrs (no study, forced marriage) became famous poet.
SCARLET ROAD
- Aussie sex-worker has clients with disabilities and wants to deriminalise prostitution.
SHADOWS OF LIBERTY
- Don't believe the news. Media conglomerates, monopolies & the loss of unbiased info.
SOLDIER ON THE ROOF
- Jews, Christians & Muslims living in Hebron, with armed soldiers on the rooftops.
THIS BAND IS SO GORGEOUS
- British punk band Sham 69 - now middle-aged - reunite & tour China.
TRASHED
- Jeremy Irons reckons Earth is out of space due to rubbish. China, Lebanon, Jakarta…Everest??
THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM / SCATTERED
- Japan tsunami recovery / Late-Dad's videos.
UNRAVELED: THE 750 MILLION DOLLAR THIEF
- 60 days of house arrest with a famed Ponzi scheme criminal.
THE WAITING ROOM
- A look at patients & staff in an American hospital dealing mainly with uninsured patients.
THE WORLD ACCORDING DICK CHENEY
- A frank look at the man, his troubled youth, his controversial choices.
A WORLD NOT OURS
- 3 generations of a Palestinian family's footage at their Lebanese refugee camp.
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