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DocFest 2025 Review: The Stand | Exposed Magazine A documentary by Christopher Aucher The Haida people live on Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands) in British Columbia, and have done so for many generations. They have their own...

In the early 80s, the Haida Nation fought an important battle to save their way of life

DocFest 2025 Review: The Gas Station Attendant | Exposed Magazine A documentary by Karla Murthy. We all have our own version of our parents. My brothers and sisters no doubt see our mum and dad in subtly different ways to me. Karla Murthy is no different – and she’s...

A daughter tells the remarkable story of her father’s life

DocFest 2025 Review: And She Didn’t Die | Exposed Magazine A documentary by Kethiwe Ngcobo Lauretta Ngcobo was an author, novelist and essayist who offered a powerful insight into the lives and experiences of Black women living under apartheid in South Africa...

The life of author and activist, Lauretta Ngcobo, as told by her daughter

DocFest 2025 Review: Shards Of Light | Exposed Magazine A documentary by Mila Teshaieva and Marcus Lenz  Sometimes you need nothing more than images to tell a powerful story. No flashy editing, animated titles or celebrity voice-overs – just stark, unflinc...

An important film about what happened when Russian troops occupied towns on the outskirts of Kyiv

DocFest 2025 Review: Lost for Words | Exposed Magazine A documentary by Hannah Papacek Harper In 2008, someone noticed that a new edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary had quietly dropped a handful of words – words like acorn, otter, willow and wren. Di...

My review of a beautiful film, Lost For Words

DocFest 2025 Review: Cuba and Alaska | Exposed Magazine A documentary by Yegor Troyanovsky Cuba and Alaska are the nicknames of Yulia and Olexandra, two women working as medics on the front line of the war in Ukraine. Together, they’re determined to save t...

My review of Cuba and Alaska

DocFest 2025: top picks | Exposed Magazine With more than 100 films, talks and immersive events packed into six days, DocFest can be a daunting programme to navigate. Here are a few of his must-sees from this year’s festival line-up...

Here’s my pick of what will be a hectic week

Sheffield DocFest returns with record-breaking line-up and global focus | Exposed Magazine There’s been plenty of talk recently about how Sheffield can best put itself on the map – but few events achieve that quite like Sheffield DocFest. As the UK’s leading documentary festival, and one of...

I recently interviewed Raul, as he prepares for DocFest 2025