True/False Selection

In this curated collection Paul Sturtz and David Wilson, the directors of True/False Film Festival, will explore the complexity and fabrication of the documentary form.

Delving behind the headlines with Femen, the world's most provocative feminist movement, Ukraine's "topless crusaders"Trailer
A heart-stopping journey with the Zhangs, a couple who left infant children behind for factory jobs 16 years ago, hoping their wages would lift their children to a better life.Trailer
Follows the dramatic journey of David McKay (22) and Bradley Crowder (23) of Midland Texas, George W. Bush’s hometown, from political neophytes to accused domestic terrorists at the 2008 Republican National Convention. Trailer
In this chilling and inventive Oscar nominated documentary, the unrepentant former members of Indonesian death squads re-enact some of their many murders in the style of the American movies they love.Trailer

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Performative Documentaries

This collection is dedicated to films which explore and emphasize the notion of performance.

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History, Memory, Reenactment

The films in this collection strive to bring to our attention highly contested and still bleeding histories.

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Media/Activism

Can a documentary acutely affect the reality which it documents? What impact is carried by the act of recording?

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Reflection on the State of Impunity

This curation, made especially for the IRCT 2014 campaign, reflects on the disturbing condition of impunity: the impossibility of reconciliation, and the absence of justice.

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India in the Age of Inequality

In this collection, Arjun Shankar explores the documentation of inequality in the rapidly developing India, inquiring into these films' positioning of an 'ethnographer's eye'.

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Classics Collection

Film Platform is very proud to open a section for these classic docs, curated by Jan Rofekamp. Because of very wide exposure and appreciation over these many years have become classics.