The 27th edition of the Barcelona International Documentary Film Festival DocsBarcelona presents a sample of the world’s best non-fiction productions, where colonialism is questioned under its updated structure: Docs&Pearls is the festival’s Official Competition Section; Docs&Cat will showcase Catalan talent, and the non-competitive section Docs&Love will screen six feature films dedicated to different expressions of love, while the classic Docs&Teens and DOC-U will complete a festival that from 2 to 12 May will screen 40 feature films and 10 short films.

DocsBarcelona will also pay tribute to the French duo Raymond Depardon - Claudine Nougaret, who will receive the Honorary Docs Award, as well as a meeting and a retrospective with the screening of Journal de France [+leggi anche:
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Because of the 15 titles in Docs&Pearls, six feature films analyse both our privileges and possible forms of decolonisation. Phantoms of the Sierra Madre [+leggi anche:
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The struggle for survival of a seamstress in Cameroon is the focus of the Belgian production premiered at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight, Mambar Pierrette [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Rosine Mbakam
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As for the Catalan productions, May Your Will Be Done is about its director Adrián Silvestre (Sediments [+leggi anche:
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The official section is completed with the film that premiered at Sundance Eternal You [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laszló Csaki
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