All Documentaries articles – Page 4
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NewsMediawan Rights’ Arianna Castoldi on building an auteur-driven documentary slate
Castolid explains why Mediawan has created a doc strand at a tough time for the genre.
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Reviews‘Writing Hawa’: IDFA Review
IDFA breakout charts one Afghan mother’s quest to educate herself - just as the Taliban rolls into Kabul
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NewsJourneyman Pictures adds ‘Love & Trouble’ to its IDFA slate (exclusive)
Amy Hardie’s feature doc is about a couple who deal with past trauma when their baby’s cries trigger PTSD.
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FeaturesThe hot market titles to look out for at IDFA 2024
Screen profiles a selection of key titles available across IDFA.
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FeaturesHow IDFA’s DocLab is pushing the boundaries of documentary and reality
DocLab’s Caspar Sonnen on why this year’s theme is ‘This Is Not A Simulation’
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FeaturesRecord entries, big budgets and new funders: How the IDFA Forum for creative docs is shaping up
Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen, IDFA’s head of industry, says she was surprised by the sheer number of entries this year.
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Features“Documentary film has always been annoying to authorities,” says IDFA’s Orwa Nyrabia
The artistic director is embracing issues from AI to global politics in his final edition that opens today.
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News‘Acting’: first trailer for Sophie Fiennes documentary screening at IDFA
The film had its world premiere in Edinburgh.
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NewsDominique Cabrera’s ’La Jetée, The Fifth Shot’ tops DOK Leipzig winners
The documentary won the Golden Dove prize of €10,000.
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Features12 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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FeaturesIn profile: the eight projects selected for DOK Leipzig’s 2024 DOK Preview International
The selected projects have already made an impact at other European development and training initiatives
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FeaturesHow DOK Leipzig’s Animation Lab is working hard to bring documentary and animation closer together
The Lab’s second edition will feature UK filmmaker Daniel Gough’s hybrid feature debut ’Night Gardener’
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NewsDOK Leipzig opening film ‘Tracing Light’ acquired for world sales (exclusive)
The documentary explores the boundaries of physics and art through the subject of light.
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FeaturesFilmmakers are focusing on beauty and enrichment, says DOK Leipzig’s Christoph Terhechte
The festival’s artistic director hopes to raise the profile of animation and documentary in all their forms.
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NewsFilmotor picks up DOK Leipzig world premiere ‘Morichales’ (exclusive)
Chris Gude’s docu-fiction follows a fictional explorer as he travels along the Amazon’s Orinoco river.
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NewsReservoir Docs adds ‘Mrs Robinson’, ‘Green Is The New Red’ to its slate (exclusive)
Films focus on Ireland’s first female president and environmental violence in Latin America
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NewsLightdox picks up ‘Valentina And The MUOSters’ doc ahead of DOK Leipzig
The Swiss-Italian feature, set on the island of Sicily, will play in international competition.
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NewsAfghan women documentary ‘Writing Hawa’ boarded for sales ahead of IDFA premiere (exclusive)
The film plays in IDFA’s International Competition.
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News‘Free Solo’ duo considering film about Mallory/Irvine’s ill-fated Everest climb (exclusive)
Chin was part of the expediton that discovered Irvine’s boot, sock and severed foot last month.
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News‘About A Hero’, hybrid doc about an AI-generated Werner Herzog film, to open IDFA 2024
‘About A Hero’ is directed by Polish artist and filmmaker Piotr Winiewicz.