DOCpoint
DOCpoint Film Festival in Helsinki is full of surprises. Who would think to go to Finland for discovery of new Portuguese and Japanese films, or an intensive master class with Fred Wiseman? That is just what happened this January as the noncompetitive festival celebrated its fifth anniversary.… [read article]

The Contemporary Documentary Scene of Brazil
…among the treasures of Brazil is one of the liveliest contemporary documentary scenes in the Western Hemisphere. There is also a long, if not always consistent, tradition of documentary production in Brazil, that deserves further explanation elsewhere… [read article]

Classic US Cinema Verite
Halfway through the first decade of the 21st Century is it still valid to talk about the merits, the drawbacks, the ethics, the essence of cinema verite?…This short essay focuses on the relationships among the films and the ideas of the “classic” US originators of verite and the ways that we approach documentary today… [read article]

Film Festivals
The increased screening of documentaries in commercial theatres…owes not a little to the rise in the number and quality of film festivals that showcase the form. There is a natural symbiosis between the popularity of documentaries and the popularity of documentary films in festivals.…Navigating and exploiting these festivals is something that savvy documentary makers must now understand. [read article]