March 5, 2018
It’s no small challenge to go on record to talk about your very important new job when you’ve only been at it a handful of weeks. But like everything
Festivals
December 14, 2017
Editor's Note: Although I did not attend the summit, my colleagues Simon Kilmurry and Claire Aguilar did. This report is based on the very thorough
December 12, 2017
True to its tagline, "America's largest documentary festival," DOC NYC concluded its eight edition last month, having presented more than 250 films
December 6, 2017
In the provinces of Central Europe, two of the winning films at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival show the persistence of
December 4, 2017
In recent years, the West has shifted its gaze to Georgian cinema as more and more documentaries from the Caucasian region receive accolades at
November 30, 2017
The 30th edition of the International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) was nonstop information overload, in a good way. The events were
November 16, 2017
It's been a rich autumn in London for documentaries, culminating in the Grierson Awards earlier this month, the annual awards ceremony celebrating
November 2, 2017
Merely a week after 9/11, San Franciscans Jay Rosenblatt and Caveh Zahedi teamed up to address the national crisis, putting out a call to 150 of
October 25, 2017
Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival (DX), now in its third year, puts a spotlight on journalistic documentaries. The newbie DC festival is a
October 10, 2017
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has a deserved reputation as one of the best in the world. There had been much criticism in the past