Berlinale
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Living hell
UKRAINE: A tribute to the ordinary people of Mariupol and the Lithuanian filmmaker who gave his life documenting their struggle to survive total war.
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A sense of place
UNITED STATES: A portrait of today’s USA through immaculately composed shots of landscape, cityscape and the spaces in between.
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Invisible woman
MIGRANTS: Philip Scheffner's foray into fiction varies the game of visible and invisible until dreams and reality fuse.
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Seven decades of war photography
PHOTOGRAPHY: The pictures of Israeli photo reporter Micha Bar-Am reveal both an ability to turn photography into a refined visual language and represent a constant protagonist in a land without peace.
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Berlinale documentary jury and full competition programme announced
The #Berlinale has long been committed to the diversity of documentary forms. A distinct award for the best documentary film was launched in 2017. In total, 18 documentary forms from across the 2022 Berlinale programme are nominated. A three-member jury will pick the winner. The jury consists of Chinese filmmaker #Wang Bing#, Lebanese sound designer…
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Cinéma du réel spotlights African documentary new wave with 2022 focus
Dieudo Hamadi was selected at both #Berlinale and #Cannes; #Hassen Ferhani# was awarded at #Locarno. These are only two African documentary filmmakers now recognized by the prominent Western festivals. But, they are also the first of a new wave of cinema that holds a mirror up to #Africa of its own image and upends its…
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As dok.incubator celebrates 10 years, its 2022 call for projects opens
2021 saw the 10th anniversary of dok.incubator, a decade in which the film workshop worked with 159 documentaries, many going on to win awards at the world’s top festivals. Now, dok.incubator is accepting applications for the 2022 edition (Deadline: January 26, 2022). Over the past 10 years, dok.incubator has helped 12 films to get into…
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Reality and myths mix in the Amazon
INDIGENOUS: A piercing portrait of the Yanomami people amid encroachments on indigenous lands in the Amazon rainforest.
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Of swans, seals, and whales
NATURE: The relationship between humans and animals of the oceans threatened by climate change and ever more frequent violent storms.