PATRICK YOUNGE, ANDRÁS SALAMON: Working Undercover
Documentaries on human rights issues are more relevant than ever, though not easy to sell.
SEPIDEH FARSI: Taking Risks for Artistic Freedom
Selected for the Cinéma du Réel, FIPA, and the Festival Dei Popoli, Homi D Sethna Filmmaker is one of those delicate, self-made films which only reach the public at documentary film festivals. A portrait of an old man, an Indian filmmaker and above all a fervent humanist, the documentary displays an extremely moving intimacy.
How do you convey the power, magic and mystery of names?
In The Sweetest Sound, Alan Berliner is tired of being mistaken for people who might share his name and decides to rid himself of the dreaded Same Name Syndrome.
All of us could end up here
A monastery built in the 13th century has been used as a women’s prison for 200 years. And for some of the inmates, prison life resembles that of a religious order: living behind thick walls, restricted by rules and with a lot of time for reflecting on good and evil.
The only woman taxi driver
The story of the only woman cab driver in the Algerian city of Sidi Bel-Abbès.
An entire world of cultural and ethnic influences
After watching Super 8 Stories, you have the feeling you’ve been running after a moving train for ninety minutes
Plenty of Films, No Distribution
András Salamon is a director of both feature and documentary films.
A TROUBLED GAZE
It was midday in April 1999, and I was sitting next to Adriek in the viewing room of IDFA showing her a bunch of Romanian documentaries produced after 1989.
Don’t Worry – Fight
Arte is the TV channel from which producers are always trying to get a commission, as it still keeps the documentary flag flying.