filmmakers
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5 things to consider when starting a documentary podcast
HOW TO: With podcasting a relatively new, and surging, terrain for filmmakers, we look at 5 things to consider when starting a documentary podcast.
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Orwa Nyrabia – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
IDFA: The new artistic director at IDFA talks about the new features of the documentary industry and how watching a documentary can turn into a life-changing experience.
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FILMMAKING PRACTICE: Informed Consent: Must or Myth?
Informed consent is considered a standard requirement when filming people for a documentary. However reasonable the idea, in reality the consent is not always obtained.
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ARAB-EUROPEAN COOPERATION: Three Minutes of Palestinian Reality
Four Palestinian filmmakers living in Ramallah, all professional filmmakers with filming and producing experience in their native country, were given the opportunity to make a short documentary for Channel 4’s strand “3-minute wonder”
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DEMOCRACY PROJECT: An Interesting, Nerve-racking Experiment
The prestigious Democracy Project was launched more than two years ago and has been heavily promoted at documentary events around the world. The project since then has been in the dark for a while
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TURKISH WOMEN’S OUTLOOK: From the Bridge between East and West
Although there is practically no market for documentary films in Turkey, a vivid, independent film scene has developed over the past few years, reflecting the lebensgefühl and the social and political awareness of filmmakers who grew up in the dual culture of a country struggling to define its pivotal place as a bridge between East…
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LUSSAS: Filming Science
The “États généraux du cinéma documentaire” in Lussas, France, is an annual forum for lively debates about the nature and purpose of documentary
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BERLIN FESTIVAL 1999: Handling History
This year’s Berlin International Film Festival (February 11 - 21) offered the chance to watch many historical docs in a city saturated with history