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The Lovers and the Despot, directed and written by Ross Adam and Robert Cannan; The Confession, directed by Ashish Ghadiali.

Richard Swift reviews some of the best offerings at the world's largest documentary film festival.

Tale of Tales, directed by Matteo Garrone; Where to Invade Next, directed by Michael Moore; Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare), directed by Gianfranco Rosi.

Suburra, directed by Stefano Sollima; Heaven Knows What, directed by Ben and Joshua Safdie; Mustang, directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven.

Dheepan, directed by Jacques Audiard; The Measure of a Man, directed by Stéphane Brizé; Our Little Sister, directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu.

The Pearl Button, directed by Patricio Guzmán; The Survivalist, directed by Stephen Fingleton.

The Assassin, directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien; Rams, directed by Grímur Hákonarson; This Changes Everything, by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein.

Carol, directed by Todd Haynes; The Lesson, directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov.

Brooklyn, directed by John Crowley; The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, directed by Stanley Nelson.

99 Homes, directed by Ramin Bahrani; A Girl at My Door, directed by July Jung.

Theeb, directed by Naji Abu Nowar; and 45 Years, directed by Andrew Haigh.

Richard Swift picks out some highlights from the 2015 documentary film festival.

More Film, Music & Book reviews from the June 2015 magazine.

The Tribe, directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy; The Supreme Price, directed by Joanna Lipper.

Phoenix and The Falling reviewed by Malcolm Lewis.

Malcolm Lewis watches The Dark Horse and Blind.

Dreamcatcher, directed by Kim Longinotto; Love is All, directed by Kim Longinotto; Still Alice, directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland.

Reviews of I Am Yours and Pelo Malo.

Citizenfour directed by Laura Poitras; We Are The Giant directed by Greg Barker; Winter Sleep directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

The Overnighters, directed by Jesse Moss; The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum.