All Documentaries articles – Page 7
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NewsPalestine Film Institute urges withdrawal of films from IDFA following response to opening-night protest
The PFI has issued a petition demanding IDFA acknowledge the festival’s earlier statement ”unjustly criminalises Palestinian voices and narratives”.
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FeaturesIDFA’s industry head talks making a living from docs, the market’s reality check and standing out in the autumn calendar
Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen laments the decrease in broadcaster engagement with authored docs.
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NewsGrierson British Documentary Awards honour ‘All That Breathes’, ‘Moonage Daydream’
Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes took home the best cinema documentary prize
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FeaturesHow IDFA’s DocLab is bringing a “weightless, ephemeral digital experience’ to a physical festival audience
DocLab’s Casper Sonnen explains why this year’s theme is ’Phenomenal Fiction’.
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NewsAutlook boards Wes Anderson-backed doc ‘Uncropped’ about photographer James Hamilton (exclusive)
Directed by D.W.Young, ’Uncropped’ rediscovers the work of a New York photographer billed as one of the great chroniclers of the cultural history of America
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NewsUkrainian filmmaker Alisa Kovalenko readies pair of war themed documentaries (exclusive)
Kyiv-based Kovalenko already has two films playing at IDFA film, ’Girl Away From Home’ and ’We Will Not Fade Away’
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NewsNew Docs takes on world sales for IDFA and Ji.hlava documentary ‘Atirkül In The Land Of Real Men’ (exclusive)
Janyl Jusupjan’s documentary focuses on a young woman getting involved in the male-dominated horseback sport Buzkashi.
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Features“This is a mirror of the world”: IDFA director Orwa Nyrabia on reflecting pressing global issues at the festival
Documentary festival opens with Olga Chernykh’s personal portrait of the Ukraine-Russia conflict ’A Picture To Remember’
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Features15 documentaries to watch this awards season
As part of Screen International’s guide to the films to watch this awards season, we round up some of the key documentary contenders.
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News‘Photophobia’, 'Ship' lead 2023 Ji.hlava film festival winners
Croatian documentary Ship from Elvis Lenić won the Opus Bonum award, the festival’s top prize.
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NewsNewly-appointed Doclisboa director Paula Astorga shares her vision for Lisbon festival (exclusive)
Astorga takes over from outgoing Doclisboa artistic director Miguel Ribeiro.
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NewsDoclisboa unveils 2023 winners as artistic director Miguel Ribeiro confirms departure
Sofía Peypoch won international film competition for her doc ’Earth Altars’ (’La Tierra Los Altares’).
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NewsDirector Paula Albuquerque on laying bare colonialism through her Doclisboa ‘glitch art’ documentary
Experimental, archive-based documentary edits footage from a Dutch religious short shot in Suriname in the 1950s.
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NewsGrain Media boards documentary ‘The Mother Of All Fights’ (exclusive)
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado directs with Ivi Roberg.
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NewsExperimental projects triumph as Doclisboa unveils industry winners
The winners from the Arche lab and the Nebuale industry programme were announced halfway through the festival,
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NewsLondon Film Festival premiere ‘Celluloid Underground’ lands sales agent (exclusive)
The film explores the post-revolutionary Iran and the director’s fight for Iranian cinema.
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FeaturesWhy Doclisboa’s Arche lab selects the most difficult doc projects to finance
The five-day event focuses on mentoring film teams from a creative and artistic viewpoint.
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NewsSky boards Margy Kinmonth’s ‘Women At War – The Invisible Army’
The documentary feature will be released theatrically internationally before heading to UK TV channel Sky Arts.
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FeaturesNebulae industry programme welcomes Finnish, Spanish filmmakers to Doclisboa
Nebulae’s Joana Cunha Ferreira is keen to strenghen links between Portuguese and European partners.
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NewsDoclisboa’s Miguel Ribeiro gives the lowdown on this year’s typically radical lineup
The Portuguese doc fesitival has a reputation for showcasing formally bold films with attitude.