Brügger and his travel companions deliver a ballsy theatrical spectacle in a regime of terror. In the opening scene of his latest documentary, “The Red Chapel”, director Mads Brügger lies in bed in his North Korean hotel, dressed in robe and slippers and buried in a book by the Dear Leader, Dictator Kim Jung II.
Timoner wins the Sundance Grand Jury Prize with a haunting depiction of the extremities of our online existence.
Two films explore the boundaries between art and porn, sexual spectacle and exploitation.
Remembering the past is what inspires reappropriation. With both their films, Backès and Bense give us work that has reproduced the essence of one man’s history into a documented artistic journey.
In July, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s annual presentation of up-coming Eastern European documentaries showcased a lexicon of lifestyles – works-in-progress.
Can documentaries benefit from the film techniques used in fiction films? David Kinsella’s “Killing Girls” is exemplary.
The films selected for, and the people invited to SFJFF make emotions run high in the Jewish community and amongst festivals sponsors.
Three films in Cannes have remembrance in common: One about a dead wife, one about a dead husband and one about numerous deaths in the southern Alps – the last one being a comedy.
What kind of documentaries are produced in the Middle-East? We look into “A History of Israeli Cinema”, the latest of the film festivals held in Tel Aviv, and the forthcoming films pitched at CoPro.
DocsBarcelona is a relatively new film festival, founded just three years ago. This year’s pitching session received 180 applications, 24 of whom were selected.
The Danish Institute of Film is releasing a host of films, by, arguably, the Nordics’ greatest ever living film maker – Jørgen Leth. Leth spoke to us about his move to Haiti, working with Lars von Trier, and the time he filmed Andy Warhol. Early on, he gave himself a polemic position in Danish society, but is now completely disinterested in saving the world. Can film ever constitute self-help?
For the forty children who call it home, Mulberry Bush is their last chance