In this interview, Martina Radwan talks about how she let curiosity drive the filmmaking of One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
Cinematography
A former collaborator pays tribute to the late cinematographer of Waiting for “Superman” and He Named Me Malala, who also founded DC Camera
Brittany Shyne’s debut feature, Seeds, frames with dignity and grace the lives of Centennial Black farmers
In this interview, Mstyslav Chernov discusses how he transformed war reporting into immersive cinema in 2000 Meters to Andriivka
Joel DeMott, renowned cinema vérité filmmaker, died on June 13, 2025. DeMott is best known for her films Seventeen (1983), which she co-directed with Jeff Kreines, and Demon Lover Diary (1980). Alongside Kreines, DeMott created a model of intimate cinema vérité filmmaking that has inspired countless filmmakers.
Cinematographer Iris Ng seeks meaningfulness in her experiences on set, on and off-camera.
In 2024, 7 million livestock died in Mongolia due to what some say was the country’s harshest winter on record. Australian filmmaker Kasimir Burgess witnessed the disaster firsthand while making his third feature documentary, Iron Winter. The film documents two young herders, Batbold and Tsagaanaa, upholding a rural Mongolian tradition of winter herding—protecting horses from severe dzud and wolves by amassing them by the thousands and migrating for several months in search of better pastures. Ahead of its world premiere, over a video call Burgess shared with Documentary the appeal of the winter herding story, the challenges involved in telling it, and his hopes for what audiences take away from the film.
Cinematographer and director Zac Manuel captures reality without the barriers of bulky equipment.
Victor Tadashi Suárez’s essential tools span run-and-gun shoots to intricate sound stages.
Shooting Faya Dayi without a crew in rural Ethiopia, where walking long distances was the only way to arrive at my locations, taught me something