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The Personal Documentary Considered in 'The Cinema of Me'
The construction of subjectivity in first-person documentary is given serious consideration in The Cinema of Me: The Self and Subjectivity in First
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Three teary-eyed people hold one another tightly, as another places their hand on their shared embrace
Building Consent: Brandon and Lance Kramer on ‘Holding Liat’
In this interview, the Kramer brothers discuss ethical challenges and considerations in Holding Liat and weaving consent into the fabric of their
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A woman lays on a bed that stands alone in the middle of a dusk-lit forest
Lines in Sand: IDFA 2025 Traces Documentary Collaboration Across Borders
In its first edition under Artistic Director Isabel Arrate Fernandez, IDFA highlighted documentaries that cross borders both geopolitical and
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A woman with shoulder-length auburn hair wearing a white winter coat sits alone at a table with a blown-up print of the New York City skyline behind her
“Documentary Probably Doesn’t Exist”: Gianluca Matarrese on ‘GEN_’ and ‘I Want Her Dead’
Gianluca Matarrese discusses his festival darlings GEN_ and I Want Her Dead, plus why “documentary probably doesn’t exist”
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Closeup of a person cutting a piece of paper with "It was" written on it in half with a pair of black scissors.
Exclusive: Clip From Kevin B. Lee’s Debut Feature ‘Afterlives,’ Premiering at Doclisboa and London
Pioneering video essayist Kevin B. Lee’s debut solo feature Afterlives critically reassesses his earlier work on extremist propaganda
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A hand tenderly touches a plaque that reads: "Stephen / Henry Hilda."
Inherited Fictions: Renowned Editor Mary Stephen on Examining Her Surname in ‘Palimpsest’
In this interview, Mary Stephen reflects on decades spent shaping other filmmakers’ narratives before turning to her own family in Palimpsest: The
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In a white studio, a white man wearing a white jacket sits in a chair, behind a camera and lights.
The Mirror’s Edge: David Osit Discusses ‘Predators,’ an Appraisal of ‘To Catch a Predator’
David Osit discusses how Predators, his house of cards examining Chris Hansen’s controversial sting show and its YouTube imitators, stealthily
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Three young people look at a book, while sitting in a classroom.
Venice 2025: Empires and Endings
Venice’s robust nonfiction selection revealed filmmakers grappling with inheritance—of land, literature, trauma, and the weight of documenting lives
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In an abandoned-looking shell of a house, a man with a long white beard does some stretches.
Exclusive: Clip from Robb Moss’s Telluride-Premiering ‘The Bend in the River’
Exclusive: Clip from Robb Moss’s Telluride-Premiering The Bend in the River
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16mm still of a group of seven young adults and their canoes, on the banks of the Colorado River surrounded by canyons.
“These Pieces of Time Had to Ricochet Off Each Other”: Robb Moss Discusses ‘The Bend in the River’
In this expansive interview, Robb Moss discusses longitudinal personal filmmaking, his influence as a teacher, and The Bend in the River
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