FILM FESTIVAL IN BERGEN: A hypothetical visit from space, a plausible conspiracy theory about the Chernobyl accident, a personal experiment on the effects of sugar and a lively portrait of two teenage girls from the space crowd are among the documentaries shown at the Bergen International Film Festival.
This year's documentary film festival in Sheffield offered tantalizing testimonies of torture and executions, catchy music documentaries and a disturbing insight into Thomas Quick's confessions.
Ana Lily Amirpour's first feature film is a brilliant example of the vampire movie's ability to constantly renew itself – and perhaps thus live forever.
Should we regard sugar as a toxin in line with tobacco? Two documentaries focus on the harmful effects of the sweet substance, and on the sugar industry's attempts to trivialize them.
A small mining community's struggle against the great capital forces illustrates the mechanisms that govern the world today – and who we almost automatically cheer for.