All Documentaries articles – Page 14
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FeaturesHow ‘All That Breathes’ director found "searingly true moments" for Oscar-shortlisted documentary
Shaunak Sen explores the relationship between humans and the natural world in a film about two brothers rescuing birds in polluted New Delhi. The director of All That Breathes talks to Screen.
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NewsBFI, Screen Scotland back Tigerlily Productions’ feature documentary ‘Hong Kong Mixtape’ (exclusive)
It is the debut feature from Hong Kong Chinese-Scottish filmmaker San San F Young.
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FeaturesIn profile: the 2023 Oscar and Bafta documentary contenders
The documentary chapter of the US Academy has reduced the vast field of non-fiction contenders to just 15 films. Screen assesses the titles now competing to be among the five Oscar nominees — and ultimately to win the prize.
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Features‘Moonage Daydream’ director: making David Bowie documentary was like “walking across hot coals”
“The whole structure around me was chaotic.”
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FeaturesVenice winner Laura Poitras: “I feel passionately that documentary should be treated as cinema”
’All The Beauty And The Bloodshed’ is a documentary enriched by close collaboration with its activist artist subject.
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FeaturesOrwa Nyrabia on how IDFA is trying to democratise the festival gatekeeping process
“I have to let go and share my power with others,” says Nyrabia.
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FeaturesA matter of factual: Do documentary festivals need to change their focus?
As docs struggle at cinemas, change may be needed.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Esther van Messel on arriving first, wise women and maintaining a champagne-stocked fridge
The CEO of Swiss doc outfit FIrst Hand Films spent time on a kibbutz before studying film with Ari Folman and Hagi Levi.
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Reviews‘How Dare You Have Such A Rubbish Wish’: IDFA Review
Mania Akbari explores the depiction of women on screen through an archive of pre-Revlutionary Iranian cinema
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FeaturesHBO Max reaffirms commitment to European documentary making (exclusive)
Hanka Kastelicová, HBO Max’s VP of documentaries, talks busy European slate.
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NewsFirst Hand Films’ swoops for performance dance doc ‘ A Way To B’ (exclusive)
The film is premiering in IDFA Masters this week.
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NewsDoc sales outfit Autlook signs multiple deals on busy IDFA slate (exclusive)
UK/Ireland deals have been sealed for ‘The Thief Collector’ and ‘Myanmar Diaries’.
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News“I’m proud of being described as a threat to national security,” says Laura Poitras
“It means the work is causing some discomfort.”
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FeaturesWhat can the international industry expect from IDFA 2022?
Top doc execs, buyers and sellers are in Amsterdam to talk - and buy films.
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Reviews‘All You See’: IDFA Review
IDFA opens with a Dutch debut which speaks eloquently about what it’s like to never be truly at home
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FeaturesIs the theatrical market in crisis for feature documentaries?
Distributors and sellers assess the market on the eve of IDFA.
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FeaturesNervous Systems is the theme of IDFA DocLab 2022 in more ways than one
Casper Sonnen, IDFA’s head of new media, talks immersive programming.
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News“When are we going home?” Niki Padidar explores the immigrant experience in ‘All You See’
Dutch-Iranian director’s documentary is the opening film of IDFA.
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NewsIDFA’s Orwa Nyrabia on why festivals need to enjoy a greater camaraderie with filmmakers
The doc fest s hosting a debate to ask: ’What gender is a festival?
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Reviews‘Walls Can Talk’: Seville Review
Spanish veteran Carlos Saura looks back to the origins of art