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Paramount Doesn’t Want My MTV (Documentary)
As mergers and media corporations squeeze doc divisions, veteran nonfiction producers seek partners and pivots
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Catalan Filmmaker Pere Portabella’s Documentary Practice Blends Political Commitment and Formal Restlessness
A BAFICI retrospective on Pere Portabella highlights the Catalan filmmaker’s longstanding affinity for documentary practice
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Under a crisp blue sky, a crowd of festivalgoers stands under the outdoor umbrellas. In front of them is a large sign that reads: "Visions du Reel."
Market Notes: VdR–Pitching 2026
Daily diaries from a first-time director navigating the Visions du Réel financing market, praising the event’s intimacy and her “comrades-in-stress”
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Which District?: João Dumans on ‘The Night and the Days of Miguel Burnier’
João Dumans on choosing people over terrain in The Night and the Days of Miguel Burnier —and what vérité can show that catastrophe images can’t
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“Nothing Is for Granted”: Nikolaus Geyrhalter on Human Fragility, Scouting, and iPhones in ‘Melt’
Nikolaus Geyrhalter on shooting Melt across four continents, his adoption of new imaging technologies, and why he won’t call it a climate film
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From Audience First to Pan-European Hub: How Poland’s Millennium Docs Against Gravity Scaled Up
In this interview, Millennium Docs Against Gravity festival head Artur Liebhart discusses growing the Polish fest into a pan-European hub
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Wild Nights: Xander Robin on Capturing the Chaos in the Everglades at the Heart of His Florida-set Doc, ‘The Python Hunt’
In this interview, Xander Robin discusses the intense 12-day shoot in the Everglades that anchors his Florida-set doc, The Python Hunt
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Field Measures: CPH:DOX’s Head of Industry Mara Gourd-Mercado Discusses the Ambitions Behind Talking Policy and Advocacy at the CPH:SUMMIT 
In this interview, CPH:DOX’s head of industry Mara Gourd-Mercado discusses expanding the role of industry programs and the metrics of success of a
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Storytelling for Social Change: FIFDH 2025 Keynote
The CEO of Chicken & Egg Films outlines the three principles that anchor successful impact campaigns for documentary films
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The Film as Wish: Dongnan Chen on Her CPH:DOX Winner ‘Whispers in May’
Dongnan Chen on co-creating her CPH:DOX winner Whispers in May with three Yi girls in Liangshan—and why she wanted cinema to be a gift in the present
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