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THURSDAY 14 NOVEMBER
Romania 2019
109 mins Subtitled
COLLECTIVE
(COLECTIV)
Alexander Nanau
20:45 | GATE DOCUMENTARY
Hingeing its narrative on a tragic nightclub fire in Bucharest in 2015, Collective establishes itself as an exposé of malpractice and the mistreatment of the fire’s victims, before remarkably unfurling in real time, shadowing journalists, activists, whistleblowers and survivors in their quest for justice. Astutely observing the integrity of these players whilst exposing the immorality of bureaucratic corruption, the film implicates the Romanian health department, government and mafia, whilst ominously foreshadowing the rise of the right wing. Riveting, harrowing and brutally realised, Collective is investigative documentary at its finest and one of the best non-fiction films of 2019. RG
Official Selection, Venice Film Festival, 2019
AFRICA
Oren Gerner
21:00 | GATE NARRATIVE
Meir (Meir Gerner) is a retired engineer living in the village of Nirit, close to the border of the West Bank. He is quietly devastated when he is told that he no longer has the responsibility for organising the hometown festival, a duty he has carried out for 30 years. The news starts a keen search for purpose that threatens to become a desperate downward spiral. With a documentary feel enhanced by the casting of the director’s own family in key roles, Oren Gerner’s debut feature is a profound contemplation on ageing, masculinity and nationhood that is deceptively urgent and radical. MH
Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival, 2019
COOL DADDIO: THE SECOND YOUTH OF R STEVIE MOORE
Monika Baran, Imogen Putler
21:00 | TRISKEL DOCUMENTARY
R Stevie Moore has been living reclusively and recording music
for more than 40 years, producing more than 400 albums from a bedroom studio in Montclair, New Jersey. His pioneering recording techniques proved hugely influential, and he became a treasured secret for a few informed heads, the most cult of cult musicians. Acknowledgement started to bubble through the 2000s, with the
likes of Albert Hammond Jr, Ariel Pink, Tim Burgess and Mac DeMarco paying him his due. This celebratory music documentary follows Moore, now in his 60s, as late-burgeoning recognition encourages him to embark on a world tour. MH
Official Selection, Sheffield Doc/Fest, 2019
Israel 2019
82 mins Subtitled
UK, Poland 2019
79 mins
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