For the past two decades, filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi (“Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness”) has captured his two nieces growing up on camera. As the years pile up, the little girls go from excitedly unwrapping custom Barbie dolls and running carefree amongst playground bars to being weighed down — then beautifully set free — by a growing political consciousness. The result of the years of footage is Bakshi’s “ All My Sisters ,” premiering in competition at IDFA .

On top of being a deeply personal family story and a wider political tale tied to the historical “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests in Iran in 2022, “All My Sisters” is a searing look into the ethics of documentary. The film begins with the director readying his two nieces to watch the material he captured of them. Only what they app

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