Remake is a 2025 American documentary film directed and produced by Ross McElwee. It follows McElwee reevaluating his approach to filmmaking following the death of his son and the effort to adapt his project Sherman's March (1986).
It had its world premiere out of competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2025, where it won the Golden Globe Impact Prize for Documentary.
Follows Ross McElwee revelauting his approach to filmmaking following the death of his son and the effort to adapt his project Sherman's March (1986).
The film had its world premiere out of competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2025.
Phil de Semlyen of Time Out gave the film five out of five stars, writing: "Emotionally shattering." Vikram Murthi of IndieWire gave the film an AâÂÂ, writing: "Remake, like all of McElwee's personal cinema, embody the passage of time itself. In other words, it's the stuff of life."