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Seventh Row Editors / August 18, 2021

Ep. 105: Subjective realities: The art of creative nonfiction film

Seventh Row Editors Alex Heeney and Orla Smith discuss the journey of writing our new ebook, Subjective realities: The art of creative nonfiction film.

Seventh Row Editors / August 17, 2021

Beyond talking heads: The films that expanded our understanding of ‘documentary’

Fifteen critics and filmmakers weigh in on the films that changed how they thought about documentary in this creative nonfiction survey.

Seventh Row Editors / August 16, 2021

What do you call your nonfiction film?

Six filmmakers, from Penny Lane to Kirsten Johnson, weigh in on the question, what do you call your nonfiction film?

A young woman sits on a boat in this still from CODA. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Alex Heeney / August 13, 2021

Sundance Review: CODA is a crowdpleaser with nuanced ideas about disability

Siân Heder’s crowd-pleaser, CODA, is a film that, in any other year, would have the Eccles Theatre on its feet with rapturous applause.

Seventh Row Editors / August 11, 2021

Ep. 104: Agnieszka Holland on directing

This episode presents our June masterclass with Agnieszka Holland. She discusses her body of work, what drives her, and her newest film, Charlatan.

Seventh Row Editors / August 10, 2021

Tickets available: Flee and Miguel’s War directors on nonfiction character studies

Get your ticket to a conversation between Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Flee) and Eliane Raheb (Miguel’s War), two nonfiction filmmakers creating character studies of their close friends.

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