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«We will never take for granted how wonderful it is to be able to be together, in person, in a cinema»
OPEN CITY: Modern Times Review spoke with Festival Director María Palacios Cruz on the first post-pandemic edition, as well as her own introductions to creative documentaries and more.
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Forthcoming Features: Laughing in Afghanistan – «I told myself we must do the film at all costs»
INTERVIEW: Director Anneta Papathanassiou speaks with Modern Times Review on her forthcoming film Laughing in Afghanistan.
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«Every documentary from this region is simply a labour of love, enthusiasm, solidarity within a film crew»
SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL: Modern Times Review speaks with Sarajevo Film Festival Documentary Programme programmer Rada Šešić on the documentaries in competition, Docu Rough Cut Boutique, the place of Sarajevo Film Festival among the wider festival landscape, and more.
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«Since we are far from the big urban centres makes it a unique and different experience from other film festivals»
MDOC: Director Carlos Eduardo Viana on the Portuguese documentary festival's 2022 edition.
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B2B Doc moves flagship Pitch Lab to Krakow; presents 13 new documentary projects
Due to the full-scale Russian invasion of #Ukraine, the 2022 edition of the Baltic to Black Sea Documentary Network (B2B Doc) flagship event was moved from its annual home of #Kyiv to #Krakow, integrated into the 62nd Krakow Film Festival. The 2022 B2B Doc Launch Pad Pitching event saw 13 documentary projects representing #Belarus, #Ukraine,…
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«I think there’s a real need to see new faces»
SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC: Director of Strategy & Development Mathieu Béjot on the La Rochelle market's 33rd edition.
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«It’s crucial…that the program and films add to the audience’s life and could make a difference, even if it is a very small one»
DOCAVIV: Artistic Director Karin Rywkind Segal on the festival's 24th edition.
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«A festival is first and foremost a collective effort brought to you by a team that is only as strong as its weakest link»
CPH:DOX: Modern Times Review speaks with new Artistic Director Niklas Engstrøm.
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When it comes to distribution, think both local and global
DISTRIBUTION: A comprehensive map through the diverse landscape of modern documentary distribution.