 Audiences were attracted to big filmmaking names from the documentary world including US director Michael Moore – whose film "Where to Invade Next" opened the Festival – Louis Theroux, Palme d'Or winning director Ken Loach, and legendary filmmakers D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.Women and LGBT+ subjects feature prominently throughout the Festival's selection, making up two of the festival's strands, plus a retrospective honouring Chantal Akerman.The speakers represented in the Talks & Sessions programme were 45% female.