Nheengatu - The Language of Amazon Forest
COLONIALISM: Two worlds collide during a trip down the Amazon in search of the mixed language Nheengatu, imposed upon indigenous by Portuguese conquerors. [Director José Barahona]
Paris Calligrammes
HISTORY: In returning to Paris, German avant-garde filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger resurrects memories of the city that she called home through the 1960s. [Director Ulrike Ottinger]
Eating Animals
FARMING: The filth and falsification at the heart of the factory farming system - responsible for up to 50 percent of the world's climate change - is revealed. [Director Christopher Dillon Quinn]
Parts of a Circle: History of the Karabakh Conflict
CONFLICT: A chronicle of the disputed history in the decades-old conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijanis [Director Conciliation Resources]
A Perfect Crime
REUNIFICATION: Netflix' first German original documentary series looks at the unsolved mystery at the heart of the country's tumultuous reunification. [Director Jan Peter, Georg Tschurtschenthaler, Torsten Striegnitz]
I Am Greta
CLIMATE: Since her solitary protest outside Swedish parliament, Greta Thunberg now leads a global movement on the climate change crisis. [Director Nathan Grossman]
Wikileaks: The US against Julian Assange
SURVEILLANCE: US authorities are gunning for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in an attempt to scare other whistleblowers, German TV documentary claims. [Director Elena Kuch, Robert Holm]
The Rossellinis
BIOGRAPHY: Subtly assembled, minimalist praise of the goodness and beauty, intelligence and power of the female members of Roberto Rossellini’s families. [Director Alessandro Rossellini]
You've Been Trumped Too
TRUMP: Anthony Baxter's film, delayed by years of legal action, finally secures a timely digital release as Donald Trump's bid for re-election looks increasingly shaky. [Director Anthony Baxter]
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
PHOTOGRAPHY: The controversial cult status of Helmut Newton, one of the great masters of photography, continues long after his 2004 death. [Director Gero Von Boehm]
Merry Christmas, Yiwu
GLOBALISATION: In a city where it is Christmas all year long, those that produce cheap and tacky seasonal decorations care little for Western traditions. [Director Mladen Kovačević]
Where are we going now?
VIEWS: Is globalisation an evil that should now be fought? No, it's more nuanced. We who have an international orientation look with fear at how international cooperation is now weakening with the pandemic.
Cannes Docs – Marché du Film & CPH:DOX on «Documentary Production now – and beyond!»
CANNES DOCS: Cannes Docs - Marché du Film & CPH:DOX provide the informative panel discussion «Documentary Production now - and beyond!»
What’s happening to our planet?
ECOLOGY: How a massively popular nature TV series can help the world
We are movie cameras, lucidly dreaming
BOOKS: Filmmaker and curator Pamela Cohn knows all about the medium’s gallant struggle for a cinematic language that is new, immediate, and accessible to the viewer.
Is there something after the collapse?
SOCIETY: Thoughts on post-collapse societies and ecosocial transition.
Documentary as an ecological system
CINEMA: A glimpse into the ever-evolving way in which documentaries investigate, engage with, and interrogate the world.
Russia without Putin
RUSSIA: Putin will leave the Kremlin one day - but don't expect that to change things, argues Tony Wood in his well-researched thesis on power and continuity in today's Russia.
Filmmaking and real life
FILMMAKING: Tony Stark's practical and accessible guide to creating non-fiction content for television, online or social media.
