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Documentary highlights from the 2021 Toronto Festival by Richard Swift.

Mandabi directed and written by Ousmane Sembène; Sweat directed and written by Magnus von Horn.

First Cow directed and co-written by Kelly Reichardt; After Love directed and written by Aleem Khan.

The Mauritanian directed by Kevin Macdonald; Undine directed and written by Christian Petzold.

The Mole Agent (El agente topo)  directed and written by Maite Alberdi; African Apocalypse directed and co-written by Rob Lemkin.

Luxor directed and written by Zeina Durra; Shirley directed by Josephine Decker.

Eternal Beauty; Les Misérables

The Uncertain Kingdom; The Australian Dream; The Happy Family; Bicycle Thieves

Ema; It Must Be Heaven

Misbehaviour; The Perfect Candidate.

Parasite; No Fathers in Kashmir.

Sorry We Missed You; The Report.

Photograph by Ritesh Batra; Phoenix by Camilla Strøm Henriksen.

Highlights from the 2019 Toronto Festival by Richard Swift.

Transit; The Chambermaid.

Malcolm Lewis reviews Woman at War, directed and co-written by Benedikt Erlingsson; The Third Wife, directed and written by Ash Mayfair.

3 Faces; H is for Harry.

Burning; Green Book.

Disobedience directed by Sebastián Lelio; The Workshop directed by Laurent Cantet.

Tehran Taboo; The Heiresses (Las Herederas).