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Isn’t Documentary a Bulwark for Democracy?

by Julian Carrington
June 16, 2026
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Conversations at European festivals highlight a documentary ecosystem in a time of structural change with streaming, AI, and new funding models.

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Mati Diop on Dahomey and Decolonial Documentary

by Pat Mullen
November 1, 2024
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An interview with Dahomey director Mati Diop about her documentary that observes the repatriation of Beninese artwork returning from France.

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On the Adamant Review: Company Is the Best Medicine

by Pat Mullen
March 15, 2024
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Nicolas Philibert's On the Adamant depicts a day centre aboard a Parisian boat with a holistic community-based approach to mental health.

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Sideshow, Janus Films Land North American Rights to Berlinale Hit Orlando

by Pat Mullen
March 8, 2023
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Sideshow and Janus Films acquire North American rights to Orlando, My Political Biography following its acclaimed Berlinale premiere.

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Orlando: My Political Biography Review – Life at All Four Corners

by Ezra Winton
March 4, 2023
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Paul B. Preciado's Orlando: My Political Biography takes a cue from Virginia Woolf to explore identity and imagination in all their forms.

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Our Body Review: Claire Simon’s Intimately Epic Documentary

by Jason Gorber
February 25, 2023
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Claire Simon delivers a probing documentary epic about women, their bodies, and the intimacy of examining the examined in Our Bodies.

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Love to Love You, Donna Summer Review: Revisiting Disco’s True Diva

by Jason Gorber
February 25, 2023
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Roger Ross Williams and Brooklyn Sudano deliver a thorough portrait of the late disco diva in Love to Love You, Donna Summer.

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The Castle Review: A Fortress and Its Caretakers Play Themselves in Moody Genre-Bender

by Ezra Winton
February 22, 2023
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The Castle is a documentary film dressed up in beguiling elements of fabulous fiction and defies easy categorization with its genre-bending slice of fantastic realism.

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El Eco Review: Sombre and Beautiful Echoes of Mexican Village Life

by Ezra Winton
February 19, 2023
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Tatiana Huezo's latest film El Eco is a hypnotic and jubilant portrait of a family of labourer in rural Mexico.

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Mis Dos Voces Review: Women Talking

by Pat Mullen
February 15, 2022
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Lina Rodriguez crafts an impressionist portrait of Latin American migrants in Canada with the voices of three women in Mis dos voces.

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