WTO/99

WTO/99
Film poster
Directed by	Ian Bell
Produced by	Ian Bell Alex Megaro Laura Tatham
Edited by	Ian Bell Alex Megaro
Production company	Foghorn Features
Distributed by	Foghorn Features
Release date	February 28, 2025 (2025-02-28)(True/False Film Festival)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

WTO/99 is a 2025 American documentary film about the 1999 Seattle WTO protests. The film is told entirely through archive footage. It is edited, produced, and directed by Ian Bell. It premiered at the True/False Film Festival in February 2025. ^[1]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 83% of 18 critics' reviews are positive. ^[2] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 63 out of 100, based on five critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. ^[3]

Vikram Murthi of IndieWire gave the film a B+ and wrote, "The ominous tone WTO/99 slowly adopts suggests a perennial truth, one that becomes more frustrating as time marches on: We will witness history repeat itself again and again until we choose to learn from it." ^[4]

Accolades

The film was nominated for Best Archival Documentary at the 10th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards. ^[5]

References

1. "WTO/99". Wexner Center for the Arts . Archived from the original on October 23, 2025. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
2. "WTO/99". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved December 27, 2025.
3. "WTO/99". Metacritic . Retrieved December 27, 2025.
4. Murthi, Vikram (December 5, 2025). "'WTO/99' Review: A Chilling Archival Documentary Captures the End of the 20th Century on Camera". IndieWire . Archived from the original on December 9, 2025. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
5. "Nominations Unveiled For The Tenth Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards". Critics Choice Association . October 14, 2025. Archived from the original on November 18, 2025. Retrieved December 27, 2025.

External links

• Official website
• WTO/99 at IMDb