The closing day was docos galore:
- Anders Østergaard’s Burma VJ captures, courtesy of anonymous citizens with handy cams, the 2007 uprising in totalitarian Myanmar. It’s spellbinding, well structured, and a tribute to the spirit of mankind. 4 stars.
- Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect, made by Markus Heidingsfelder, is a doco about a controversial architect. Although some of it is most interesting, the structure mirrors the language of architecture, that is, almost indecipherable. Presumably if you’re a student of architecture this would fascinate, otherwise, like me, it could bore. 2 stars.
- Eric Bergkraut’s tribute to Anna Politkovskaya, the investigative Russian journalist assassinated in 2006, Letter to Anna, is exquisitely rendered and heartbreaking. 4 stars.