Alex Szalat

Producer and Director 1987-2004

Former commissioning editor at Arte France and head of the documentary department at Arte France 2005-2019

Head of Docs Up Fund since 2019

Articles

Only the Strong Survive While Standing in the Shadows of a Music Documentary

Mon, 05/12/2003

Feature

Notes from the Reel World: The Board President's Column, May 2003

Mon, 05/05/2003

Column

21st Century Doc-Making: Faster, Cheaper and Definitely In Control

Mon, 04/28/2003

Feature

RealScreen Realities: Fewer Risks, Fewer Rewards

Sun, 04/27/2003

Feature

Oscar's Touch: Has It Made a Difference for Filmmakers?

Thu, 04/24/2003

Feature

Natural Born 'Comandante': Oliver Stone Meets Fidel Castro

Mon, 04/21/2003

Feature

2003 Academy Awards Nominees: Best Feature Documentary and Best Documentary Short Subject

Mon, 04/21/2003

Online Feature

The Long Running Shorts Festival of NYExpo

Sat, 04/19/2003

Feature

When Reality Meets Narrative: Sundance Panel Bridges the Documentary and Fiction Divide

Sat, 04/19/2003

Feature

Sundance Docs: It's a Family Affair

Fri, 04/18/2003

Feature

Documentaries Finally Thrive in Post-Franco Spain

Mon, 04/14/2003

Feature

Anarchy in Utah? Scruffy Slamdance Fest Favors First-Time Filmmakers

Mon, 04/14/2003

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Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, April 2003

Thu, 04/03/2003

Column

New Oscar Qualifying Rules: A Worthwhile Challenge

Tue, 04/01/2003

Feature

Notes from the Reel World: The Board President's Column, April 2003

Tue, 04/01/2003

Column

Docs Without Borders: International Films Highlight AFI Fest

Mon, 03/31/2003

Feature

DOCS ROCK at Teachers Workshop

Tue, 03/18/2003

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Regus Sets the Table for a London Film Feast

Fri, 03/14/2003

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Berlin Provides More Than a Backdrop to the Second World Congress of History Producers

Mon, 03/10/2003

Feature

North by Northwest: Art, Attitude and Activism Thrive in Regional Doc Scene

Mon, 03/10/2003

Feature

Craft Conquers Commerce in Swiss Documentary Class

Wed, 03/05/2003

Feature

Taking Stock of Film Research: How to Find-and License-Archival Footage

Wed, 03/05/2003

Feature

Archives Alive! New Tech Makes Old Clips Easier to Access

Tue, 03/04/2003

Feature

Where Journalism and Filmmaking Intersect: 20 Years of 'Frontline'

Mon, 03/03/2003

Feature

HD Power to the People: But Is It for Soderberghs or Soccer Moms?

Sat, 03/01/2003

Feature

Playback: Dziga Vertov's 'Man with a Movie Camera'

Sat, 03/01/2003

Column

Docu-tourism: See Films, Travel the World

Sat, 03/01/2003

Feature

It's Not Too Late to Go to Film School: A Post-Graduate Guide to Documentary Production Training

Sat, 03/01/2003

Feature

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, March 2003

Sat, 03/01/2003

Column

Notes from the Reel World: The Board President's Column, March 2003

Sat, 03/01/2003

Column

'Independent Lens' Refocuses: Anthology Series Now Curated by ITVS and PBS

Wed, 02/19/2003

Feature

Funded by Science: National Science Foundation Supports Documentary Projects

Fri, 02/14/2003

Feature

In the Beginning, There Was 'Nature': The Natural History of Wildlife Programming

Mon, 02/10/2003

Feature

Save Our Oceans! 'Coral Reef Adventure' Makes a Large Format Plea

Fri, 02/07/2003

Feature

Deep-Dive Docs: Cameron's and MacGillivray's New Underwater Films Go Where No Camera Has Gone Before

Fri, 02/07/2003

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Once Again, IDFA Attracts the International Documentary Community

Wed, 02/05/2003

Feature

Tilting At Windmills: The Sometimes Quixotic Pursuit of Transferring Digital Video to Film

Sun, 02/02/2003

Feature

Saving Canada's National Treasure: The State of the NFB

Sun, 02/02/2003

Feature

Notes from the Reel World: The Board President's Column, February 2003

Sat, 02/01/2003

Column

Playback: Mike Rubbo's 'Sad Song of Yellow Skin'

Sat, 02/01/2003

Column

Taking It to the Theaters: Academy Revises Rules for Docs

Sat, 02/01/2003

Feature

Beyond the Headlines: Can Docs Become a New Kind of News?

Sat, 02/01/2003

Feature

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, February 2003

Sat, 02/01/2003

Column

Celebrating the True Values of Documentary: The United Nations Association Film Festival

Sat, 02/01/2003

Feature

War and Remembrance--and Preservation: London's Imperial War Museum

Wed, 01/15/2003

Feature

Toronto Fest's Real to Reel Reels in Doc Fans

Sat, 12/21/2002

Feature

Black & White World: Two Directors, Two Viewpoints: 'Two Towns of Jasper'

Sun, 12/15/2002

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Minority Rules! Consortia Funds Work about Ethnic and Racial Identity

Tue, 12/10/2002

Feature

The Accidental Historian: Ken Burns Mines America's Past

Tue, 12/10/2002

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Play It Loud! A Final Visit with 'An American Family'

Mon, 12/09/2002

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