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Mass Medium: Lucas Gallo’s ‘December’ Recasts TV B-Roll as a Form of Community- and Nation-Building
Fuera de Campo, a political initiative committed to showcasing Argentine cinema, found a fitting 2025 opener in Lucas Gallo’s televisual archive doc
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Cannes 2026: Adventurous Finds
The 79th edition of the French festival offered some nonfiction gems for those willing to look beyond its headline titles
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Open City 2026: Watching Films Experimentally
The 16th edition continued the London fest’s commitment to experimental works as well as archival presentations that insist on their own urgency
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Catalan Filmmaker Pere Portabella’s Documentary Practice Blends Political Commitment and Formal Restlessness
A BAFICI retrospective on Pere Portabella highlights the Catalan filmmaker’s longstanding affinity for documentary practice
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IFFR 2026: Witnessing Without Redemption
At the 55th edition, documentaries on displacement and genocide reveal the festival’s constrained relationship to political change
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From Audience First to Pan-European Hub: How Poland’s Millennium Docs Against Gravity Scaled Up
In this interview, Millennium Docs Against Gravity festival head Artur Liebhart discusses growing the Polish fest into a pan-European hub
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Storytelling for Social Change: FIFDH 2025 Keynote
The CEO of Chicken & Egg Films outlines the three principles that anchor successful impact campaigns for documentary films
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Kolkata People’s Film Festival 2026: Long Roots
The 12th edition champions community cinema in an era of state censorship
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Jane Mote’s Work Takes Her All Over the World; What Happened When She Chose to Stop Flying for 12 Months?
Jane Mote, whose work usually takes her to film labs and markets all over the world, explains what happened when she avoided flying for all of 2025
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My Desirable Friends: At CPH:DOX 2026, Industry Hopes for a “European Netflix” and More Coproductions
At CPH:DOX 2026, the creative doc industry bands together for a “European Netflix” and more coproductions
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