Its name conjures up images of Roman gladiators being eaten alive while spectators observe with bemused delight. Amsterdam's FORUM may or may not
Festivals
The International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam is now firmly established in Documentary Europe as the Big Event of the year. The 10th IDFA was
The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, held every two years since 1989, took place October 6-13, one day longer than in previous years
The theme of the 4th Sheffield International Documentary Festival (October 13-19) was "Making History." A broad range of subject matter and stylistic
Now in its 31st year, the annual New York Exposition of Short Film and Video was held November 19-22, with screenings and other events taking place at
This is a completely biased festival report: I really like the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. Any film festival where I can 1) get in to see
"Bring your cowboy boots," the brochure urged, setting the tone for this highly unusual, six-day film festival held in September of this year. Part
The proportion of documentaries to fiction features is always small at the annual New York Film Festival. This year, the 35th event (September 26
If you go to only one assembly of academics yakking about documentaries, make it "Visible Evidence." This challenging itinerant conference—previously
Forty years ago, a forum to examine Black culture in America would likely have presented films made by White American Producers. In fact, a clip of