After two years in a totally virtual format, the documentary festival “It’s All True” resumes movie theaters with big names for the 2022 edition – but maintains online sessions due to the pandemic.
Among the highlights, the new film by director Oliver Stone, “JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass”. Stone resumes investigation into the assassination of the American president John Kennedy 30 years after releasing “JFK: the question that won’t shut up”. The documentary is based on new documents released by the US in 2017 about the murder and challenges the official version of the crime.
Another highlight is the production “Navalny”, a partnership between CNN Films and HBO Maxwhich investigates the attempt on the life of Alexei Navalny, the main opponent of Vladimir Putin in Russia, poisoned in 2020 in Siberia. After recovering in Berlin, he was arrested upon returning to Russia in January 2021, where he remains to this day. The production debuted at last year’s Sundance festival.
The festival’s founding director, Amir Labaki, spoke about the feeling of resuming in-person sessions: “It is a privilege to progressively return to movie theaters, respecting the health protocols required in the face of the pandemic that is still in force, such as vaccination pass, use of masks and limited capacity”, he explained, citing the hybrid format as a transitional one.
Labaki also highlights the dynamic nature of the productions in this edition, with filmmakers dealing with themes such as “the tragedy of the pandemic, the crisis of democracy and the battle against climate change.”
In its two previous virtual editions, the festival had good numbers: around 116 thousand spectators followed the festival in 2020; last year, more than 213,000 people watched the films on the program.
In all, the festival will screen 77 productions from 34 countries, including feature, medium and short, never seen before in Brazil, retrospectives and classics. In addition, the event also features debates, conferences, a master class, among other activities.
The winning films of the jury’s prizes in the Brazilian and International Competitions of Feature/Medium and Short Films will automatically be classified for consideration in the dispute for the Oscar of next year.
In the national competition, the highlights are “Adeus, Capitão”, by Vincent Carelli and Tita, about the native people of Gavião, in Pará; the biography “Belchior, Just a Wild Heart”, by Camilo Cavalcanti and Natália Dias; “Pele”, by Marcos Pimentel about graffiti and “When the Air is missing”, by Ana and Helena Petta about the pandemic.
Source: CNN Brasil
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