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The State of the World (2007)

Six directors, six independent films, six visions on the state of the world. Each carrying a unique and personal interpretation of a specific experience, their crossover creates new space for a dynamic and radical inquisitive reflection.

Directed byApichatpong Weerasethakul, Ayisha Abraham, Chantal Akerman, Pedro Costa, Vicente Ferraz, Wang Bing

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    Van Gogh: Painted with Words

    Strong story similarity

    2010 · 80 min · Documentary · Drama

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    A drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role. Every word spoken by the actors in this film is sourced from the letters that Van Gogh sent to his younger brother Theo, and of those around him. What emerges is a complex portrait of a sophisticated, civilised and yet tormented man.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

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    2000 · 288 min · Documentary

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    A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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    Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

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    2018 · 86 min · Documentary

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    In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity. This documentary revisits those photos, those women and those times and takes aim at our culture today that alarmingly shows the need for continued change.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: woman director
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    Girl Rising

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    2013 · 101 min · Documentary

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    Nine filmmakers each profile a young girl from a different part of the world to weave a global tapestry of youth in the 21st century.

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    • substantial genre overlap
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    Hotel Very Welcome

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    2007 · 89 min · Drama

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    Five young Europeans (German, English, and Irish) try to find answers to life's questions in India and Thailand.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: woman director
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    Freakonomics

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    2010 · 93 min · Documentary

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    Some of the world's most innovative documentary filmmakers will explore the hidden side of everything.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: woman director
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