All Documentaries articles – Page 5
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FeaturesWhy being compact and friendly works for Agora, the industry programme of Thessaloniki Docs
The focus is on introducing projects from southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean region to the international industry.
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FeaturesHow CPH:DOX is working to bring a culture of documentary viewing to all Danish audiences
“We are not a Copenhagen event for the whole country; we are co-creating a festival with the municipalities.”
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NewsThessaloniki doc festival responds to weekend attack on trans people with a “loud and clear message of tolerance”
The festival has introduced the Citizen Queer programme this year to celebrate Greece’s recent legalisation same-sex marriage.
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FeaturesThessaloniki’s doc festival’s Orestis Andreadakis on this month’s event
There are fils celebraing 50 years of modern Greek democracy and a new Citizen Queer programme.
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News‘Birdman’ sound designer Martin Hernandez details upcoming Netflix project ‘The Master Of Monarchs’
The documentary series follows an environmental activist murdered in 2020 for standing up to organised crime groups.
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News‘Johatsu – Into Thin Air’: first trailer for Thessaloniki Docs, CPH:DOX title (exclusive)
CAT&Docs launched sales on the film in Berlin.
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FeaturesWhy ‘Four Daughters’ director chose to blend documentary and fiction
Oscar-nominated for best documentary feature, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters is based on a “spectacular and shocking” case of two missing girls. The Tunisian filmmaker talks about taking inspiration from fiction for her latest true-life story.
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ReviewsEat/Sleep/Cheer/Repeat: Dublin Review
Ireland’s Cheer team defies the odds to make it to the Orlando ‘worlds’
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FeaturesHow ‘To Kill A Tiger’ director shone a light on India’s gender violence
Nisha Pahuja set out to make a film about male consciousness-raising on gender issues in India, then found herself in the middle of a case of child rape. She tells Screen how the victim’s courageous family inspired her to tell their story in To Kill A Tiger.
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Reviews‘Dahomey’: Berlin Review
The repatriation of stolen treasures to Benin provokes this agile, cerebral documentary by Mati Diop
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FeaturesThe personal cost of making ‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’
Standing against Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni required great sacrifice from musician/politician Bobi Wine and his family. Screen talks to Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp, directors of Bobi Wine: The People’s President about documenting their story.
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NewsAlexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader, subject of ‘Navalny’ doc, dies in prison
Navalny was the subject of the 2023 Oscar & Bafta best documentary winner.
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NewsThe Party boards Belfast-set documentary ‘The Flats’ ahead of CPH: DOX premiere (exclusive)
Alessandra Celesia directs the film about a man looking back on his youth growing up during the Troubles.
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NewsCPH:DOX unveils competitions, adds human rights award
New:Vision titles include Germany-Israel-Palestine co-production ‘Silent Night’.
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Reviews‘Will & Harper’: Sundance Review
Will Ferrell and his best friend Harper take a cross-country road trip after her transition
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Reviews‘Soundtrack To A Coup D’Etat’: Sundance Review
Outstanding documentary ties the democratic movement in Africa in the 1960s with Black US musicians used by the CIA as pawns in the Cold War
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Reviews‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story’: Sundance Review
Increasingly moving documentary is a dialogue with the late actor and disability advocate
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Reviews‘Love Machina’: Sundance Review
An American couple attempts to cheat death through artificial intelligence in this eye-opening doc
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Reviews‘Ibelin’: Sundance Review
Norwegian documentary uncovers the full extent of a hardcore gamer’s online life after his untimely death
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FeaturesThe risky journey behind North Korea documentary ‘Beyond Utopia’
Madeleine Gavin’s Beyond Utopia charts two attempts at defection from North Korea and the underground network that provides vital help.