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“An Espresso Shot of a Story”: Bernardo Ruiz Discusses His First Retrospective and “Humblecore” Filmmaking
Bernardo Ruiz reflects on his decades-long career, “humblecore” independent filmmaking, and the first retrospective of his work
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Under a blue cloth that is semi-transparent, a teenaged girl lays on the floor with her eyes closed.
“Mind and Heart”: Mehrdad Oskouei and the Team of ‘A Fox Under a Pink Moon’ on Remote Collaboration
With IDFA-winner A Fox Under a Pink Moon, Mehrdad Oskouei evolves his work with marginalized youths into a remote-directed collaboration with
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“Documentary Probably Doesn’t Exist”: Gianluca Matarrese on ‘GEN_’ and ‘I Want Her Dead’
Gianluca Matarrese discusses his festival darlings GEN_ and I Want Her Dead, plus why “documentary probably doesn’t exist”
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Three soldiers, with helmets and a small Ukrainian flag on their uniforms, crouching holding their guns outdoors
Metric of Loss: Mstyslav Chernov Discusses the Ethical Responsibility of ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’
In this interview, Mstyslav Chernov discusses how he transformed war reporting into immersive cinema in 2000 Meters to Andriivka
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The Synthesis: Can AI—or documentary—get us closer to human authenticity?
In this interview, Marc Isaacs discusses his latest provocation, a hybrid doc set at the fictional “Synthetic Sincerity Lab”
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“A Pure Act of Faith”: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk on Observing a Ukrainian Pacifist Community in ‘Silent Flood’
In this interview, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk talks about how the war refocused his portrait of a Ukrainian pacifist community in Silent Flood
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“In the Post-Colonial Building of Power Structures, Collaboration Is Everything”: Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh Discuss the Himalayan Story Lab
Best known for co-directing Writing With Fire, Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh discuss the aims and philosophy behind the Himalayan Story Lab
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When Heaven Meets Earth: Petra Costa Discusses ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics’
Petra Costa’s new documentary Apocalypse in the Tropics explores the “fatal marriage” between Christian nationalism and authoritarian politics
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Led by a soldier carrying the Ukrainian flag, a casket is being carried by soldiers into a church; some onlookers kneel on the street as if it were a parade.
Where Life and Death Coexist: Vitaly Mansky on His Berlinale-Premiering ‘Time to the Target’
In this interview, Vitaly Mansky talks about how Bruegel paintings influenced his three-hour epic about life in Lviv, Time to the Target
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On a large stage with a Camden International Film Festival slide, a short-haired woman speaks into a microphone.
“The Gnarly Kind of Hope”: Elise McCave on Her First Year Leading Camden IFF and the Points North Institute
In this interview, Elise McCave discusses the challenges of running a U.S. film festival and filmmaker programs amid industry consolidation and
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