International Competition 4: Documentary Films

Cleveland, northern England: scene of a wave of abuse that went down in history as a scandal of false accusations. Ben Young explores the time and the place – strong-minded.

A minimalist eulogy to the painter Luchita Hurtado, who only experienced her breakthrough at the age of 97. A film in autumn colours about a woman in tune with nature.

The last archivist secures artefacts of a civilization that is collapsing outside in the real world. A documentary science fiction in the field of tension between image and sound.

Beautiful images and rhythmic sounds of hard work on a ship scrapyard in western Cuba, yet there’s no aestheticization. One can almost smell the oil and metal while watching the film.