Documentary editor Abby Sun pays tribute to the renowned filmmaker who championed a vision of uncompromising artistic independence
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A new Raymond Depardon retrospective presents the full breadth of the French filmmaker and photojournalist’s keen-eyed documentary impulses
Madhusree Dutta discusses Flying Tigers, her decades-spanning Berlinale doc about memories and histories reclaimed
In this interview, Kristina Mikhailova discusses violence, anger, and female agency in her Berlinale title River Dreams
German director Marie Wilke discusses her observational principles at Europe’s largest military training ground, where war is meticulously rehearsed
In this interview, Kevin B. Lee discusses why he needed to expand the desktop documentary to craft his feature debut, Afterlives
This essay and interview examines how James Benning’s EIGHT BRIDGES builds on his decades-long approach to extended observation, personal geography
This year’s When East Meets West market at Trieste framed its program not in terms of scale or prestige, but of precision
In this op-ed, filmmakers Lance Kramer and Brandon Kramer provide an accounting of what achieving #2 at the U.S. box office actually requires for self
In this interview, Angelica Ruffier talks about mining her past brushes with desire for her IFFR doc La belle année