Ten titles were competing in the official competition of the Bulgarian historical film event. The Italian-German production Isis, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls of Mosul by Francesca Mannocchi and Alessio Romenzi has won the top award at Dock, the International Historical Documentary Film Festival (17-22 September), the second edition of which was hosted by Bulgaria's biggest seaside city, Burgas. The festival's competition mixed local productions, such as Borislav Kolev's Rock'n'Roll, about the rebellion of the Bulgarian youth through music in the 1980s, with the newest documentaries from cinema greats like Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog. An international jury led by Bulgarian director Iglika Trifonova was tasked with picking the winner from among ten films. Besides the competition and documentaries shown out of competition, the gathering also boasted an academic programme organised in partnership with the Regional Educational Administration of Burgas. Local students had free access to screenings of various documentaries about.
Some documentaries chronicle horrors so disturbing that viewers need to erect an invisible barrier between their emotions and the screen. That’s the case with “Isis, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls of Mosul,” a deeply disquieting plunge into the unending nightmare of children in the Iraqi city of Mosul, until recently under Isis control and now liberated (a word best used advisedly). Amid an urban landscape straight out of “Mad Max,” Italian journalist-directors Francesca Mannocchi and Alessio Romenzi traverse the devastated city talking with kids whose trauma is so deep it’s impossible to even imagine there’s hope for a better future. The trick for the audience will be how to shield themselves from the film’s gut-punch while still remaining open to its shattering power.
Mannocchi and Romenzi begin the documentary six months after the city was taken back by Iraqi forces and their allies, following three years of Isis rule.
Mannocchi and Romenzi begin the documentary six months after the city was taken back by Iraqi forces and their allies, following three years of Isis rule.
- 9/1/2018
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
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