71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Hana Makhmalbaf
Iran-France 
72 min.
Ava, an Iranian girl suffering from depression, blames recent political events in Iran for her troubled mental state and goes to a psychologist. He advises her to take on physical work, and later, to work on a play. However, the play, inspired by the reality and problems of her society, is banned. It is election time. The city is alive with possibilities. A new wave of hope has sent people massing into the streets to participate, to vote against the current president. Everywhere there is singing, dancing, action - a vibrant, passionate vision of a very different future for her country. But Ava still doesn't believe change will come. She leaves her home and talks to people in the streets, trying desperately to rekindle her own hope.
Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross
UK 
78 min.
The film traces the doctrine?s beginnings in the radical theories of Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago, and its subsequent implementation over the past forty years, in countries and situations as disparate as Pinochet?s Chile, Yeltsin?s Russia, Thatcher?s Britain, and most recently the neo-con invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. The Shock Doctrine will expose the darker side of Friedman?s ideology, which was so unpopular it could only be implemented through the use of torture and repression. Documentary based on the book of the same title by Naomi Klein explaining the rise of disaster capitalism: the exploitation of moments of crisis by government and big business in order to ransack the economies of vulnerable countries.
Tom DiCillo
USA 
The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands. Using footage shot between their formation in 1965 and Morrison's death in 1971, it follows the band from the corridors of UCLA's film school, where Manzarek and Morrison met, to the stages of sold-out arenas. Tom DiCillo uncovers historic, previously unseen footage from the quartet and provides new insight into the revolutionary impact of their music and legacy.
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