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Creative Non-Fiction

Creative Non-Fiction is often a more appropriate word for describing innovative forms in documentary filmmaking, which go beyond mere information dump. Here you'll find reviews of films that are pushing the form and interviews with non-fiction filmmakers about making non-fiction works of art.

Alex Heeney / September 5, 2024

8 Must-See Short Films at TIFF 2024

lex Heeney picks 8 must-see short films at TIFF 2024 from around the world.

A collage of the best films of 2024 so far

Alex Heeney / August 23, 2024

The 15 best films of 2024 so far

Alex Heeney reflects back on the best films of 2024 so far.

Dr. Kevin M. Anzzolin / August 14, 2024

The Everyday Philosophy of Migrants in Raúl Paz-Pastrana’s Border South 

Raúl Paz-Pastrana’s 2019 documentary film Border South takes a De Certeauian view of migrants as ingeniously capable, tenacious, and agentive subjects whose minute, everyday actions allow them to confront the powers that be and take advantage of situations. 

Alex Heeney / May 11, 2024

HotDocs 2024: Animated documentaries are here to stay

Alex Heeney takes a look at some of the animated documentaries that screened at HotDocs 2024, including Pelikan Blue, The Day Iceland Stood Still, Grand Theft Hamlet, and Silent Trees.

Alex Heeney / April 13, 2024

Visions du Réel Review: No Other Land

Alex Heeney reviews the documentary No Other Land, one of the highlights of the Visions du Réel Festival. (It also screened the Berlinale.)

Alex Heeney / March 11, 2024

Berlinale Review: Klára Tasovská’s I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

Klára Tasovská’s inventive documentary I’m Not Everything I Want to Be chronicles the life of photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková as she tries to become who she wants to be amidst oppression.

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