August 30, 2021 The Healing Power of Black Documentary: Thoughts from the 10th Annual BlackStar Film Festival 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 Read more
July 31, 2021 Tine Fischer and Niklas Engstrom on CPH:DOX's Past, Present and Future 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 Read more
July 29, 2021 A Body of BIPOC Documentaries at Tribeca 2021 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 . Read more
July 17, 2021 AFI Docs 2021: Spotlight on Social Justice */ 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 Read more
July 7, 2021 Full Frame 2021: Something for Everyone, Online Only 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 Read more
June 21, 2021 Sociopolitical Documentaries at CPH:DOX 2021: Is This What Democracy Looks Like? If CPH:DOX is any indication (and it usually is), 2021 seems set to see a transformation in sociopolitical nonfiction cinema. Rather than, say, Read more
June 4, 2021 Hot Docs 2021: Can You Feel the Digital Heat? 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 Read more
May 27, 2021 True/False: Two for One, or Two Halves Make a Whole? */ 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 Read more
March 30, 2021 IDA-supported Documentaries at Hot Docs 2021 Hot Docs is back for its 2021 festival edition, bringing short and feature-length documentaries from around the world to viewer's home screens Read more
March 4, 2021 Sundance and TIFF Press Inclusion Initiatives: Reflections from an Awardee Looking Back—2020 The Sundance Film Festival is the largest and, arguably, the most prestigious festival in the country. The job of the Sundance Read more