Out On His Own at the IFI Stranger than Fiction Festival
I‘m a big fan of the IFI’s Stranger than Fiction Documentary Festival each year. This year’s festival begind this evening with a screening of Pyjama Girls, followed by a Q&A with director Maya Derrington and producer Nicky Gogan. Across the four days there are 22 twenty-two documentaries, short films, special presentations of archive titles and numerous events, not to mention a number of gems. Oliver Stone’s epic South of the Borderlooks at South American politics. Sins of my Father is an extraordinary examination of the life of Pablo Escobar as seen through the eyes of his only son, Sebastian Marroquin. The genius of Bill Hicks is explored in American: The Bill Hicks Story. There will again be a Q&A with the film’s directors tomorrow. One of the most exciting moments of the festival will surely be the Q&A session after the screening of Gilbert O’Sullivan – Out On His Own … There’s more
