In this interview, Demos fellow Sameer Padania talks about the need for trust and independence in public media ahead of the BBC’s 2027 charter renewal
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In this interview, the trio behind the Tribeca doc The Haunting of Pennhurst discuss the challenges of braiding together the story of an infamous
On the occasion of Documentary’s Greatest Docs of the 21st Century list, we ask: What grants someone the authority to assert an opinion on what is the
Documentary’s “Greatest Docs of the 21st Century” lists are filled with documentary portraits that flatter and model a way of looking at the world
The 79th edition of the French festival offered some nonfiction gems for those willing to look beyond its headline titles
Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig on why he prioritized the personal over the political in his Mongolian mining doc, Colors of White Rock
Guillaume Massart talks about his new doc, Detention , where he dissects the French carceral system without once stepping foot in a prison
A new program on Cinema-ye Azad, an underground filmmaking movement that emerged in Iran in 1969, foregrounds its relationship to documentary practice
In this essay, filmmaker Everardo González questions the narrative promises of the true crime genre and calls on a new kind of ethics in telling
The 16th edition continued the London fest’s commitment to experimental works as well as archival presentations that insist on their own urgency