The Delivery Line: Midwives on the Frontlines ★★★★★ Hot Docs 2026

Nance Ackerman’s The Delivery Line: Midwives on the Frontlines is as important as it is unmissable – a crucial documentary that follows five exceptional women who show us that there is far more to midwifery than we could imagine. Inside makeshift tents on the US-Mexico border, across the resource-scarce areas

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Whispers in May ★★★★ 1/2 Hot Docs 2026

Dongnan Chen’s hybrid documentary Whispers in May is an emotional and weighty coming-of-age film that explores the reluctant journey from childhood to adulthood for those given few options – a deeply delicate and caring film. In the remote Liangshan Mountains, 14-year-old Qihuo and her friends Atnyop and Itgop set out

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Sheffield DocFest Announces 50 Documentary Projects for 2026 MeetMarket

●      50 PROJECTS CHOSEN FROM OVER 600 SUBMISSIONS●      WORK BY FILMMAKERS FROM 42 COUNTRIES TELLING STORIES FROM RIGHT ACROSS THE GLOBE●      NEW WORK FROM FIRST TIME FILMMAKERS AS WELL AS WORLD CLASS ARTISTS SUCH AS WANG XIAO SHUAI, JACOB PERLMUTTER & MANON OUIMET AND IBRAHIM OMAR Sheffield DocFest, the UK’s leading documentary festival,

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Parasisi – ★★★★ Hot Docs 2026

Beautifully sincere, Zaïde Bil and Sébastien Segers Parasisi perfectly choose their moments to hammer home the exploitation affecting the Wayana people.  This documentary leaves its mark on you. On the border of Surinam and French Guiana, the indigenous Wayana territory is overrun by intruders. Illegal gold miners poison the river,

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Dreams – ★★ 1/2

Dreams is a film rife with missed opportunities to say something important. Instead, the shallowly written characters do little to advance the story, with the performances by Jessica Chastain and Isaac Hernández as the film’s only saving grace. A powerful socialite, Jennifer (Jessica Chastain), and a promising ballet dancer, Fernando

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A Letter for Tomorrow (Short) ★★★★★ BFI Flare 2026

A Letter for Tomorrow is a heartfelt and terrific short film that does absolutely everything right and is an absolute must-watch. With a strong script and fabulous performances, it is a film you can’t keep your eyes from. In the midst of a divorce, Vidya (Gayathrie Shankar) lives in a

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10s Across the Borders – ★★★★ BFI Flare 2026

Full of authenticity and surprising vulnerability, 10s Across The Borders is a tremendously moving and engaging documentary. Chan Sze-Wei’s film serves as an unconventional tribute to those who are trying to keep their communities thriving. If the world doesn’t accept you and your kind, trailblaze a world that does. Inspired

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For Worse – ★★★ 1/2

A comedy that does everything right, Amy Landecker’s For Worse that brings a plentiful amount of laughs while balancing the dramatic side. Charming from beginning to end, this is the midlife crisis comedy that’s dialogue is as sharp as the performances. Lauren (Amy Landecker) is a newly divorced, sober mother

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Hamlet – ★★★★

With compelling direction and performances, Aneil Karia’s Hamlet is a stripped-down, ambitious iteration that revels in its bold style, with Riz Ahmed as magnetic as he has ever been. When Hamlet (Riz Ahmed) returns for his father’s funeral, he is stunned to discover his uncle Claudius is marrying his newly

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