DUISBURG ROUND TABLE: Watchdogs of Doc
The 23rd edition of the Duisburger Filmwoche was held November 1-7, 1999. MARCY GOLDBERG met with its organizers for a round-table chat on what makes this German doc festival unique.
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MICHAEL APTED: A Documentary Soul
INTERVIEW: British filmmaker Michael Apted may have directed the latest James Bond film, but his soul belongs to documentary
«Documentary within a documentary»
As his birthday approaches, an Israeli filmmaker juggles a complicated assignment for an important anniversary
ANIMATION DOCUMENTARY: From Disney to Documentary
Can an animated film be a documentary? What does animation have to offer documentary filmmakers?
NICK FRASER: There is Typing and There is Writing
EDN director Tue Steen Müller and BBC “Storyville” editor Nick Fraser went on-line to have an e-mail chat about their common passion
ERROL MORRIS: Looking for Mr. Death
In Errol Morris’ films, truth is always stranger than fiction, and his real-life characters are more unbelievable than anything one could invent.
TEN YEARS LATER: New Times in Riga
Ivars Seleckis has made a sequel to The Crossroad Street, his film from ten years ago about the inhabitants of Crossroad Street in Riga
Tracking missing socks in the European Union
The search for the answer to the mysterious disappearance of socks follows the political elite from Finland to Brussels
CINÉMA DU RÉEL 1999: The Terrain of the Real
In its 21st edition, held March 5 – 14 in Paris, Cinéma du Réel featured a significant number of works by young filmmakers
ERIK GANDINI: Getting Back the Lost Reality
With three feature documentaries behind him, all dealing with some of the big conflicts of our time, Erik Gandini is a politically committed filmmaker and part of a new generation with a new approach to documentary style
US UPDATE: Commitment
Festivals around the USA report that independent American filmmakers are presently making the documentary a genre worth talking about
BALTICUM FESTIVAL 1999: Singing Different Tunes
Two recurring questions – the legitimacy of staging in documentary, and considerations of the audience – were among the main discussion themes at a seminar held during the 10th Balticum Film & TV Festival on the Danish island of Bornholm this past June