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Bellingcat – Truth in a Post-Truth World
As governments grow unreliable and traditional news sources decline in relevance and reach, follow a vigilante investigative journalist collective that uses cutting-edge tech and crowdsourcing to expose the truth behind the stories flooding our newsfeeds.
| Runtime: | 88 | Copyright: | 2018 | Country Listing: | Netherlands | Premiere Status: | Canadian Premiere | Rating: | PG | | Festival Year: | 2019 | Language: | English | | German | | Dutch | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | Program Category: | Making Believe | Film Subjects: | Journalism & The Media | | Politics & Political Intrigue | | Technology & Culture | | War, Conflict & the Military | Website: | http://www.bellingcatfilm.com | | Director(s): | Hans Pool | Producer(s): | Bruno Felix | | Femke Wolting | Editor(s): | Simon Barker | Cinematography: | Hans Pool | Composer: | Frank Wienk (Binkbeats) | Sound: | Pepijn Aben |
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Daddy and the Warlord
Haunted by her father's secretive past, a journalist goes on a challenging journey through postwar Liberia to uncover his ties with infamous war criminal Charles Taylor, and risks shattering forever his image as her hero.
| Runtime: | 53 | Copyright: | 2019 | Country Listing: | Netherlands | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | Rating: | PG | | Festival Year: | 2019 | Language: | English | | Dutch | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | Program Category: | Making Believe | Film Subjects: | Africa | | Crime & Justice | | Personal Histories | | Politics & Political Intrigue | | Director(s): | Shamira Raphaëla | | Clarice Gargard (co-director) | Producer(s): | Bram Bax | | Mylène Esmeijer | Executive Producer(s): | Monique Busman | | Michiel van Erp | Editor(s): | Paul de Heer | Writer(s): | Shamira Raphaëla | | Clarice Gargard | Cinematography: | Jefrim Rothuizen | Composer: | Jeroen Goeijers | Sound: | Diego van Uden |
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The Hypnotist
In Cold War–era Finland, a famous hypnotist cultivated a wildly successful celebrity status—and didn't stop there. His audacious involvement in covert ops and high-level politics lands him in desperate straits in this meditation on the power of suggestion.
| Runtime: | 72 | Copyright: | 2019 | Country Listing: | Finland | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | Rating: | PG | | Festival Year: | 2019 | Language: | Finnish | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | Program Category: | Making Believe | Film Subjects: | Mystery & Intrigue | | Politics & Political Intrigue | | War, Conflict & the Military | | Northern Europe | | Director(s): | Arthur Franck | Producer(s): | Oskar Forstén | Editor(s): | Markus Leppälä | Writer(s): | Arthur Franck | Cinematography: | Mikko Kelloniemi | Composer: | Toni Teivaala | Sound: | Tuomas Klaavo |
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Making Believe Shorts Program
Is our perception of reality tethered to truth or lies? In a world marked by rising rates of mental illness and swayed by the expanding influence of internet trolls, fake news and sensational crime reporting, our instincts may be shifting from honesty to gullibility.
| Runtime: | 84 | Country Listing: | Various | | Festival Year: | 2019 | Language: | Various Languages | Program Category: | Making Believe |
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The Pickup Game
This provocative insider investigation exposes the secrets of the scandal-filled yet thriving pickup industry, where would-be Casanovas pay to be coached in the art of seduction.
| Runtime: | 96 | Copyright: | 2019 | Country Listing: | UK | | Canada | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | Rating: | 14A | | Festival Year: | 2019 | Language: | English | Program Category: | Making Believe | Film Subjects: | Gender & Sexuality | | Love & Relationships | | Technology & Culture | | Women & Women's Stories | | Director(s): | Matthew O'Connor | | Barnaby O'Connor | Producer(s): | James De Val | | Mike Willoughby | | Cassandra Roberts | | Giselle Fryatt | | Will Watson | Executive Producer(s): | Will Watson | Editor(s): | Matthew O'Connor | | Barnaby O'Connor | Writer(s): | Matthew O'Connor | | Barnaby O'Connor | | Mike Willoughby | | Will Watson | | Cassandra Roberts | | James De Val | | Giselle Fryatt | Cinematography: | Vince Knight | | Claire Buxton | | Tom Webster | Sound: | Ed Railton |
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Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies
Artists Kent Monkman, Shepard Fairey and Ai Weiwei highlight this cautionary tale about the power of persuasion. As the roots of indoctrination are traced from cave drawings through to presidential tweets, potent lies have never been better disguised.
| Runtime: | 90 | Copyright: | 2019 | Country Listing: | Canada | | Germany | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | Rating: | G | | Festival Year: | 2019 | Language: | English | | French | | German | | Italian | | Chinese | | Rohingya | | Korean | | Arabic | | Russian | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | Program Category: | Making Believe | Film Subjects: | Journalism & The Media | | Politics & Political Intrigue | | Technology & Culture | | Director(s): | Larry Weinstein | Producer(s): | Aeschylus Poulos | | Bernd Wilting | | Sonya Di Rienzo | | Mathias von der Heide | Executive Producer(s): | Jane Jankovic | | Wolfgang Bergmann | | Natasha Negrea | | Martin Pieper | | Michael Robson | | Neil Tabatznik | Editor(s): | David New | Writer(s): | David Mortin | | Andrew Edmonds | Cinematography: | John Minh Tran | Composer: | Raffael Seyfried | | Andreas Schäfer | Sound: | Adam Burke | | Sanjay Mehta | | David McCallum | | Ian Rankin | | Jane Tattersall | | David Caporale | | David Rose |
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The Seer and the Unseen
One of Iceland's most respected seers—thought to be able to communicate with the elvish realm—becomes a frontline ecological activist against development that threatens to devastate the countryside and the elves' sacred homelands.
| Runtime: | 88 | Copyright: | 2019 | Country Listing: | USA | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | Rating: | G | | Festival Year: | 2019 | Language: | Icelandic | | English | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | Program Category: | Making Believe | Film Subjects: | Ecology & the Environment | | Religion & Spirituality | | Northern Europe | | Director(s): | Sara Dosa | Producer(s): | Shane Boris | | Sara Dosa | Executive Producer(s): | Richard Berge | | Bonni Cohen | | Jon Shenk | Editor(s): | Erin Casper | Cinematography: | Patrick Kollman | Composer: | Giosue Greco | | Tara Atkinson | | Dan Romer | Sound: | Lawrence Everson |
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