The initial fear-based reaction to the possibilities of on-line video – caused by the experience of the music industry – has now been superseded by a market with very diverse players eager to exploit this new business opportunity as quickly as possible
Just came back from Documentary in Europe in Bardonecchia. Fine experience. Good film programme, many people, high quality projects for pitching, nice atmosphere in a small but good panel of committed editors from European (and one Canadian) channels.
Screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2006, “Bombay Calling” is set within the claustrophobic world of a busy call centre in Mumbai, India
Although the Cannes Film Festival is really a fiction film festival, DOX went to find out which documentaries had managed to sneak into this prestigious festival after all.
The Mothers’ House is a record of four years in the life of Miché, a charming, precocious yet troubled teenage girl growing into womanhood in post-Apartheid South Africa
Festivals and broadcasters around the world have started to show immense interest in Chinese docs, and China has started to become aware of the international doc business
As opposed to many other festivals, Hot Docs does not require an international premiere as the most decisive factor for selecting films
Thessaloniki Doc Fest was a showcase for some great pieces of documentary cinema, equally pervaded by urgency and visual idioms.
At the fifth Tribeca Film Festival, standout docs mixed worthy subject matter with noteworthy filmmaking approaches. DOX reviews a sampling.