In Greece, it has already been more than two years since we started waking up, day after day, to find ourselves in a situation that more and more resembled a nightmare.
Film image is the starting point and basic unit of the cinematic language. A filmmaker can use various visual approaches and the way they influence a viewer’s perspective has different implications in documentary and fiction films
The horror of war motivated Docufest’s Veton Nurkollari to do whatever he could to never witness war again. His festival is one bright spot that has almost single-handedly succeeded in dispelling some of the pessimism that shadows the country.
What innovations are being made in storytelling and doc filmmaking through the advent of new technologies?
How can social and political change become reality through documentary films? Özge Calafato reports from HOTDOCS in Toronto.
Two films focus on the need for money. Will the desire for a sudden reward remove profound feelings of angst, despair and loneliness? And what happens when you manage to blackmail rich European women?
Putin’s Kiss is an interesting look at the Kremlin-loyal youth party Nashi but the film does not get down to the roots and lacks reflection.
Imagine that you are spying on your neighbour through the peephole of your door. This is the feeling of voyeurism and obsession that is explored in the documentary Dr. Korbes. This film is about the two-year period leading up to filmmaker’s neighbour’s eviction, as seen from the fixed perspective of his apartment door peephole.
Each of these film portraits begins with a travelling shot towards the death chamber. Werner Herzog’s voice pronounces that he is an opponent of the death sentence. Herzog’s questioning succeeds in eliciting sensitive yet strangely matter-of-fact responses that seem to surface like disclosures from the depths of the human soul.
What can a film festival in Tel Aviv teach us about the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians?
What impressions of the documentary industry can 100 seminars in one week at the festival DOC/FEST give?
Sheila Curran Bernard’s Documentary Storytelling is a wellstructured and easily read book on how to create a documentary. It just gets a little too banal and template-minded now and then.