M. Bühler & M. Mariani • Brazil • 2014 • A riveting true crime story set in a a prison in São Paulo
A prison in São Paulo, Brazil. Researching criminals for a documentary, two Brazilian directors happen upon Christopher Kirk, an unassuming American with a secret to tell. As they dive deeper into his history, however, Kirk hijacks their narrative, intent on recounting a love affair he had with a half-Japanese, half-Colombian woman referred to only as 'V.' Unable to separate truth from lies, the directors delve headlong into Kirk's maddening world of confabulation.
Probing the limits of documentary and fiction, and the nebulous zone in between, I Touched All Your Stuff is a riveting true crime story. Maíra Bühler and Matias Mariani's second collaboration premiered at Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival and DOC NYC.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s life has followed a peculiar trajectory–from the top of Russian society, to a Siberian prison. His meteoric rise tracked alongside that of Putin and his sycophants amidst the cowboy capitalism characterizing post-Soviet Russia, first as the proprietor of the nation’s first...
Kabwita Kasongo is 28 years old, living in the Congo with his wife and young daughters. His dream is to somehow earn enough money to buy a plot of land where he can build his family a home. Having felled an enormous hardwood tree, he bakes the wood in an earthen oven and harvests charcoal (maka...
// Presented as part of April's Docs in Focus II Series //
Guido Santi & Tina Mascara / 2014, Ashland Independent, Cleveland, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Hot Docs, IDFA - Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, Palm Springs, ReFrame Film Festival, Sedona / 91'
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