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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 / July 14, 2023

The 17 best films of 2023 so far

Alex Heeney reflects back on the best films of 2023 so far. Discover more Seventh Row Best of Lists here As usual, my list of the best films of the …

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Seventh Row Editors / July 13, 2023

Creative Nonfiction #5: Penny Lane on Confessions of a Good Samaritan and playing with form

In the fifth and final episode of our Creative Nonfiction Film podcast season, Penny Lane discusses her experiments with form in Confessions of a Good …

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Seventh Row Editors / June 14, 2023

Creative Nonfiction #4: Sam Green on live documentary and 32 Sounds

In the fourth episode of our Creative Nonfiction Film podcast season, Sam Green discusses his film 32 Sounds and the live documentary. Don't miss a single …

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Seventh Row Editors / June 7, 2023

Creative Nonfiction #3: Philippe Falardeau on Lac-Mégantic: This is Not An Accident and reinventing the true crime doc

In the third episode of our Creative Nonfiction Film podcast season, we interview Philippe Falardeau about his four-part documentary series, Lac-Mégantic: This …

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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 Four Quartets and how she approaches documenting live performance …

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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 what is creative nonfiction …

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