In a time of uncertainty, there is one thing that COVID-19 made clear: hybrid film festivals are the wave of the future. On August 3, Sundance
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Each year, the Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ film festival hosts some of the best queer and transgender cinema in the world. It’s a chance to catch films
The 10th Annual BlackStar Film Festival, which took place in Philadelphia and online from August 3-8, could not have been timelier. After nearly 18
An unapologetically progressive fest since its 2003 inception, CPH:DOX has never been content to merely showcase films. From the start, it set out to
On a very hot day earlier in June, I made my way to New York City’s Hudson River Park, one of the many new homes for this year’s Tribeca Festival. The
By ANSELM BEACH and Patricia Aufderheide AFI Docs, held in Washington, DC, but organized out of AFI’s Los Angeles office, strives to create a menu
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, now in its 24th year, has become a notable stop on the circuit, not least for its homey welcome to filmmakers
If CPH:DOX is any indication (and it usually is), 2021 seems set to see a transformation in sociopolitical nonfiction cinema. Rather than, say, merely
The documentary community is filled with tough pros, but surely all of us can spare a thought for a festival that had to deal with the first outburst
By Coley Gray and Patricia Aufderheide The 2021 True/False Film Festival split into two, one in-person and another virtual. Both featured the high