In this interview, Getting Real ’26 keynote speaker Petna Ndaliko Katondolo discusses the practice of ancestral ecology storytelling and using documentary’s capacity to create and rethink community

With Time Machine Maidan, the Ukrainian film collective Babylon’13 blends the immediacy of its own vast war archive with an artful take on a sci-fi film

The Inclusion Programs & Strategic Partnerships Manager at EURODOC encourages us to reimagine pitch forums, markets, and film festival spaces through practices of hospitality

In this interview, filmmaker Tom Fontenille talks about grappling with grief and needing to completely overhaul his queer family doc, A Secret Heart

In this interview, experimental filmmaker Sasha Waters talks about how she brought an elusive and private poet to life in Mary Oliver: Saved By The Beauty Of The World

In this interview, directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal break down the platform release strategy for Steal This Story, Please!, which has yielded a box office gross of more than $1 million already

A friend and colleague pays tribute to the late cinematographer and director who worked on Gimme Shelter, Harlan County, USA, and more

In this interview, Jackass: Best and Last director Jeff Tremaine talks about mining and shaping the original MTV show’s vast digital archive to celebrate its 25th anniversary

American Factory co-director Steven Bognar talks to Barbara Kopple about her seminal labor docs—Harlan County, USA and American Dream—and organizing in the 21st century

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