Michal Marczak’s All These Sleepless Nights explores loneliness and liberation in a Poland finally free after decades of occupation and war. This article was originally published on Feb. 26, 2016 as part of our 2016 Sundance Film Festival Coverage.
[Read more…] about All These Sleepless Nights is a mesmerizing look at youth culture in post-communist PolandCreative 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.
Interview: Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane on School Life
Directors Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane discuss their documentary film In Loco Parentis about a modern boarding school, Headfort School in Ireland.
Neasa Ní Chianáin has continued to explore innovative pedagogy on film with her documentary Young Plato.
[Read more…] about Interview: Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane on School LifeReview: Julian Rosefeldt’s Manifesto is witty and thought-provoking
Cate Blanchett x13 stars in Julian Rosefeldt’s Manifesto, a hilarious deconstruction of art manifestos and a call for original thought.
[Read more…] about Review: Julian Rosefeldt’s Manifesto is witty and thought-provokingHow do you edit a documentary? Gianfranco Rosi on Fire at Sea
In our second behind-the-scenes look at the film, Gianfranco Rosi talks editing Fire at Sea: how he narrows down his documentary footage and shapes it into a narrative in the editing room. This is an excerpt from the ebook In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1 which is available for purchase here.
[Read more…] about How do you edit a documentary? Gianfranco Rosi on Fire at SeaGianfranco Rosi on his Berlinale winner Fire at Sea
Gianfranco Rosi discusses the making of Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare): finding his protagonist, developing the film’s aesthetic, creating the sound mix, and discovering the film’s title. This is an excerpt from the ebook In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1. To read the full interview, purchase a copy of the ebook here.
[Read more…] about Gianfranco Rosi on his Berlinale winner Fire at SeaAva DuVernay’s 13th is an innovative spin on the talking head doc
Employing key but subtle twists on the convention talking head documentary, Ava DuVernay’s 13th explains how slavery in the U.S. was never really abolished without ever resorting to preaching.
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