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Making It: Pietra Brettkelly and The Critics Break Down ‘Crocodile,’ A Collaborative Portrait of the Nigerian Filmmaking Collective
With their DIY sci-fi shorts, The Critics built a film career from scratch in Kaduna. Co-directed by Pietra Brettkelly, their documentary portrait
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Rock Star: Matty Wishnow Talks About ‘The Last Critic,’ His Portrait of Trailblazing Music Writer Robert Christgau
In this interview, first-time doc filmmaker Matty Wishnow talks about directing The Last Critic, a portrait of trailblazing music writer Robert
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Unsigned Gems: Amid an Overwhelming Lineup, SXSW 2026 Offered a Number of American Docs Worth Seeking Out
Even amid a program that felt overwhelmed by consumer-friendly “content,” the Austin fest still offered some documentaries worth seeking out
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Small Wonders: Lucas Paleocrassas on ‘Bugboy’ and the Fragile Beauty of Growing Up
In this interview, Lucas Paleocrassas discusses what drew him to craft the coming-of-age tale that doubles as a nature doc alongside his protagonist
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An elder Indigenous woman with long grey hair parted and pulled back holds a mushroom while sitting at a table with a younger Indigenous woman with dark black hair, a basket full of mushrooms in front of them both.
Fungal Cinema: Otilia Portillo Padua on Profiling Two Indigenous Mycologists in her SXSW And CPH:DOX Doc ‘Daughters of the Forest’
In this interview, Otilia Portillo Padua talks about having a mycological (and sci-fi) approach to her SXSW and CPH:DOX film, Daughters of the Forest
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A middle-aged white man with slicked back black hair and five o'clock shadow sits in front of a camera as a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair holds a clacker that reads "Marc Jacobs" in front of him
Sofia Coppola Unwittingly Goes Back to Her 90s Scrapbook Sensibility in Her Feature Doc, ‘Marc by Sofia’
In this interview, Sofia Coppola looks back at her scrappy ’90s TV project, Hi Octane, and portraying friend Marc Jacobs in her first doc, Marc by
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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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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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