All Documentaries articles
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NewsCPH:DOX title ‘Motherboard’ sells to UK and Ireland (exclusive)
The documentary was filmed over 20 years and largely shot on an iPhone.
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FeaturesHow four documentaries in this season’s awards race used archive to bring history to life
The teams behind Copa 71, Frida, Power and Soundtrack To A Coup D’Etat discuss their creative approaches to using footage.
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FeaturesHow ‘Will & Harper’ explores friendship and trans identity
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele take a soul-searching road trip across the US.
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Features‘No Other Land’ filmmakers on making Palestinian-Israeli documentary: “The camera is the one and only tool we have”
Filmmakers Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham tell Screen about the challenges of shaping thousands of hours of footage in award-winning Palestinian-Israeli documentary No Other Land.
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News‘Riefenstahl’ doc scores additional sales including UK & Ireland deal (exclusive)
Doc about notorious Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl has sold over 100,000 tickets in Germany.
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NewsTogether Films selects projects for $50,000 climate action fund (exclusive)
Two projects highlight innovative approaches to tackling climate crisis.
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FeaturesIDFA’s Orwa Nyrabia reflects on polarisation of the doc sector and the dangers of self-censorship
Festival admissions climbed back to pre-Covid levels.
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Reviews‘Trains’: IDFA Review
IDFA top prize-winner is a timeless train trip through black-and-white archive footage
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NewsArchive-based ‘Trains’ wins best film at IDFA 2024
The jury acclaimed the “bold and inventive” use of archive.
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NewsSudan-Egyptian doc ‘Dry Sky’ awarded best pitch at IDFA Forum
Best rough cut was awarded to Do You Love Me, an archive-based movie about Beirut.
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NewsMediawan Rights’ Arianna Castoldi on building an auteur-driven documentary slate
Castolid explains why Mediawan has created a doc strand at a tough time for the genre.
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Reviews‘Writing Hawa’: IDFA Review
IDFA breakout charts one Afghan mother’s quest to educate herself - just as the Taliban rolls into Kabul
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NewsJourneyman Pictures adds ‘Love & Trouble’ to its IDFA slate (exclusive)
Amy Hardie’s feature doc is about a couple who deal with past trauma when their baby’s cries trigger PTSD.
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FeaturesThe hot market titles to look out for at IDFA 2024
Screen profiles a selection of key titles available across IDFA.
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FeaturesHow IDFA’s DocLab is pushing the boundaries of documentary and reality
DocLab’s Caspar Sonnen on why this year’s theme is ‘This Is Not A Simulation’
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FeaturesRecord entries, big budgets and new funders: How the IDFA Forum for creative docs is shaping up
Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen, IDFA’s head of industry, says she was surprised by the sheer number of entries this year.
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Features“Documentary film has always been annoying to authorities,” says IDFA’s Orwa Nyrabia
The artistic director is embracing issues from AI to global politics in his final edition that opens today.
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News‘Acting’: first trailer for Sophie Fiennes documentary screening at IDFA
The film had its world premiere in Edinburgh.
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NewsDominique Cabrera’s ’La Jetée, The Fifth Shot’ tops DOK Leipzig winners
The documentary won the Golden Dove prize of €10,000.
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Features12 documentaries to watch this awards season
As part of Screen International’s guide to the films to watch this awards season, we round up some of the key documentary contenders.