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Alex Heeney / June 2, 2023

I Used to Be Funny is a thoughtful dramedy about PTSD

Ally Pankiw’s I Used to Be Funny addresses coping with PTSD with a light touch, in this story of a struggling female comic.

Seventh Row Editors / May 31, 2023

Creative Nonfiction #2: Sophie Fiennes on Four Quartets and documenting theatre on film

In the second episode of our Creative Nonfiction Film podcast season, Sophie Fiennes discusses The Four Quartets and how she approaches documenting live performance on screen.

Seventh Row Editors / May 30, 2023

Creative Nonfiction Film #1: An introduction to the season

In the first episode of our Creative Nonfiction Film podcast season, Alex Heeney previews what to expect this season and discusses how she got interested in creative nonfiction film — a process that’s been documented in our two ebooks on documentaries.

C.J. Prince / May 11, 2023

Graham Foy on The Maiden

Foy mentions that the film’s day-for-night shots were inspired by Reichardt’s First Cow, which does likewise. How did cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt shoot day for night in First Cow? Blauvelt goes deep on this in our ebook on Kelly Reichardt, Roads to nowhere, available here.

Alex Heeney / May 2, 2023

Visions du Réel Review: Piotr Pawlus and Tomasz Wolski’s In Ukraine

Tomasz Wolski’s observational documentary In Ukraine is the best and most harrowing film I’ve seen about the Ukraine War because it focuses on the banal.

Alex Heeney / April 27, 2023

Visions du Réel & HotDocs Review: Erik Gandini’s After Work

Erik Gandini works with documentary images and sounds as if he’s making a musical in his creative nonfiction film After Work, a look at varying attitudes to work around the world.

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