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Personal Docs

The construction of subjectivity in first-person documentary is given serious consideration in The Cinema of Me: The Self and Subjectivity in First
Documentary’s “Greatest Docs of the 21st Century” lists are filled with documentary portraits that flatter and model a way of looking at the world
The 79th edition of the French festival offered some nonfiction gems for those willing to look beyond its headline titles
In this interview, Sam Green talks about keeping pace with the Guiness World Records in his playful doc on aging, The Oldest Person in the World
Watch an exclusive clip from Dawood Hilmandi’s personal doc about his vexed relationship with his father, Paikar , screening at Hot Docs
In this interview, Ross McElwee discusses Remake, his first feature in over a decade, which focuses on the loss of his son and collaborator, Adrian
Even amid a program that felt overwhelmed by consumer-friendly “content,” the Austin fest still offered some documentaries worth seeking out
The 76th edition of the European festival prized personal docs as well as projects that put accountability front and center
Madhusree Dutta discusses Flying Tigers, her decades-spanning Berlinale doc about memories and histories reclaimed
In this interview, Angelica Ruffier talks about mining her past brushes with desire for her IFFR doc La belle année