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A brown station wagon is parked atop a street that overlooks a city down below; an older woman can be seen sitting in the backseat while a man stands nearby in the foreground
Against History: Robinson Devor and Charles Mudede’s ‘Suburban Fury’ Continues Their Fascination With the Glare of the Spotlight
The decades-long collaboration between Robinson Devor and Charles Mudede is marked by mining real-life stories in the borderlands of American history
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Personal Effects: Berlinale 2026 Prizes Personal Docs With a Hands-on or Handmade Form
The 76th edition of the European festival prized personal docs as well as projects that put accountability front and center
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Overlooking crashing waves, a small group of people relax in front of a FIPADOC poster.
Market Notes: FIPADOC Coproduction Forum 2026
Daily diaries from the French documentary coproduction market in Biarritz
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The Feedback: Kimberlee Bassford Describes the Unexpected Developments that Continue to Shift the Structure of ‘Before the Moon Falls’
Kimberlee Bassford looks back on the unexpected developments that continue to shift the structure of her Sia Figiel doc Before the Moon Falls
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A white female archivist stands in front of a number of old illustrations of an 18th century English coronation, stacks like in a library behind her
The APA Sits Down With Getty to Discuss the Role of the Archive in the Age of AI
In this interview, Getty Images execs discuss media trust, licensing fee structures, and generative AI tools at the storied archive
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Remembering Frederick Wiseman, A Filmmaker Known for His Long Epics Anchored by a Deep Humanity
Documentary editor Abby Sun pays tribute to the renowned filmmaker who championed a vision of uncompromising artistic independence
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An Eye for Portraiture: A New Raymond Depardon Retrospective Makes a Case for the Humanism Inherent in the French Filmmaker’s Oeuvre
A new Raymond Depardon retrospective presents the full breadth of the French filmmaker and photojournalist’s keen-eyed documentary impulses
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A group of men in colorful shirts and women in colorful saris walk along a sidewalk on a bridge, mountains in the distance, with an animated tiger with a backpack picking up the rear
In Construction: Madhusree Dutta Talks Bridging History and Memory in Her Berlinale-Premiering ‘Flying Tigers’
Madhusree Dutta discusses Flying Tigers, her decades-spanning Berlinale doc about memories and histories reclaimed
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Becoming the River: Kristina Mikhailova Discusses Violence, Anger, and Female Agency in ‘River Dreams’
In this interview, Kristina Mikhailova discusses violence, anger, and female agency in her Berlinale title River Dreams
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War as “Something Interconnected and Repetitive”: Marie Wilke on Her Berlinale-premiering Scenario 
German director Marie Wilke discusses her observational principles at Europe’s largest military training ground, where war is meticulously rehearsed
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