(Cutting Through Rocks, the first Iranian documentary ever nominated for an Oscar, still has no streaming distribution and is only available in select theaters.) The very existence of these films feels improbable: one is composed almost entirely of police footage acquired through legal action. Another was filmed on contraband cell phones within Alabama state prisons. Lorincz was sentenced to 25 years in prison for manslaughter in November 2025, two months before the film’s Sundance premiere. “You cannot unsee what you’ve seen,” he said, including “a culture of violence and corruption in the whole system”.

Source: The Guardian March 14, 2026 18:05 UTC