Donbass vs Yalla Habibi!

Yalla Habibi! has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.4/10 for Donbass). Donbass is the shorter watch at 57m compared with 1h 30m. Donbass is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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DonbassYalla Habibi!
Audience score★ 5.4/10★ 10.0/10
Year20162025
Length57m1h 30m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Canada
DirectorAnne-Laure BonnelEdwin El Bainou, Ryan Kluftinger
Main castAnne-Laure BonnelRyan Kluftinger, Connor Bondlow, Edwin El Bainou

Synopsis

Donbass

Anne-Laure Bonnel, a young director and mother of a French family, decides to accompany Alexander, a father of Ukrainian family, to the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine in a pro-Russian zone. At the heart of the war, she captures the terrible images of a deadly conflict and an unprecedented humanitarian disaster.

Yalla Habibi!

FortNine attempts to break the circumnavigation world record with award-winning filmmaker Edwin El Bainou riding pillion. It's a dangerously silly race across thousands of kilometres per day, with the polished and authentic eye that only a ride-along cinematographer can capture. Part documentary and part dark comedy, this is motorcycling as FortNine has never shown before. In less than 19 days, the trio must ride from Anchorage to Miami, Lisbon…

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