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.
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.
The 20 best films of 2023
Alex Heeney reflects back on the best films of 2023.
Film Review: Martha Coolidge’s Not a Pretty Picture
Martha Coolidge excavates her sexual assault in her creative nonfiction film Not a Pretty Picture, recently restored in 4K by Janus Films.
TIFF 23 Film Review: Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Pictures of Ghosts
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s creative nonfiction documentary Pictures of Ghosts is an ode to the public and private spaces where we live our lives and how they hold our memories.
The 17 best films of 2023 so far
Alex Heeney reflects back on the 17 best films at the 2023 so far
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 Samaritan.