interviews

Interviews with filmmakers and other politically interesting people.

  • PETER METTLER: Transmitting the Invisible

    Emma Davie interviews Peter Mettler, the director of "Gambling, Gods and LSD" that won the Grand Prix and the Special Jury Prize at the…

  • POLITICAL FILMMAKING: Go Film It

    In "August, a Moment Before the Eruption", Avi Mograbi portrays the hot month of August as a metaphor for the omnipresence of violence, anger,…

  • MAREK HOVORKA: In the Beginning There Were Flags…

    And then they were pulled down. The inhabitants of the small town of Jihlava in the Czech Republic didn’t appreciate the festival flags that…

  • PIRJO HONKASALO: One Woman, One Camera

    Finnish documentarist Pirjo Honkasalo honoured the 12th Nordic Panorama in Århus last September with her presence at a seminar organized by Nordicil (Association of…

  • DON EDKINS: Engaging Dialogue

    Don Edkins producer on “Steps for the Future” was in Copenhagen to present the project at a press conference last November. Anette Olsen spoke…

  • SUZETTE GLENADEL: Painful Reality

    The two “Reality” festivals, i.e. Cinéma du Réel in Paris and Visions du Réel in Nyon, featured two controversial films in their programs last…

  • Raising Responsibility in a Mad World

    When the Internet started to skyrocket, many had the idea that it would democratize the media by giving everybody access to publicise their views,…

  • Filmmakers Become Content Creators

    The D-Word Community’s "Essays on Documentary" marks a new step toward producing docs for the web.

  • PATRICK YOUNGE, ANDRÁS SALAMON: Working Undercover

    Documentaries on human rights issues are more relevant than ever, though not easy to sell.

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