And at least one in each section too, including Competition and the new Perspectives for first time features.
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Jamal Khashoggi, right, with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman
'The Dissident' by Bryan Fogel: Everything you need to know on the murder of a journalist. Or is it?
On October 2nd, 2018 Saudi journalist and Washington Post opinion blogger Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey never to exit it again. What happened inside could have remained a mystery except that the Turkish authorities had put into place an intricate and advanced system of surveillance on the Saudis and Khashoggi’s demise was captured in vivid sounds for all to hear. In a new documentary titled ‘The Dissident’ Oscar-winning filmmaker Bryan Fogel examines the life and death of Khashoggi.
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From left Deborah Feldmann, Rokudenashiko, Leyla Hussein, Vithika Yadav and Doris Wagner
'#Female Pleasure' in Locarno: Glow in the dark vagina giveaways, woman power and calling out the misogyny in religion
Yes, that is a mouthful up there and quite a loaded title, I agree.
But Barbara Miller's latest documentary, '#Female Pleasure' which premiered in Locarno in their Semaine de la Critique sidebar and walked away with the Zonta Club Locarno Price for Extraordinary Social Commitment is a film chock-full of important messages and loaded with human causes. So, nothing less than a long title could do.
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