In advance of the upcoming deadlines for a bunch of great doc fests, from American Documentary to DokumentART, we decided to compile some of the best documentaries you can screen online right now. All of whom were submitted on FFL. Time to get inspired. “In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God […]
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Sydney Filmmakers #3: Sascha Ettinger Epstein
The Sydney Film Festival is one of FFL’s brightest stars, coming to the Australian city every June for a cinematic bonanza. To celebrate, we’ve spoken with some of our filmmakers who were lucky enough to screen at the prestigious film festival. Sascha Epstein has been one of Australia’s most incisive documentary directors over the last decade, […]
Doclisboa in Cannes, New ways of Looking at Documentaries
We met with the documentary film festival Co-Director Davide Oberto and Managing Director Vanessa Alvarez at the bustling International Village, finding time to discuss the status of documentary films in Cannes, the kind of films they are looking for and the importance of film festivals. For many a festival programmer, the Cannes Film Festival marks […]
Meet Stefano Casertano on the ‘THE LAST DAYS OF TACHELES’, crowdfunding and online distribution
The name Tacheles is one that hits a spot with any Berliner, native or not. That’s something that’s clear when I see the crowd assembled outside Mindpirates, close to our FFL HQ. The atmospheric, smoky den chosen for the German premiere of FFL filmmaker Stefano Casertano’s THE LAST DAYS OF TACHELES… Casertano’s film is one […]
A Great Story is a Great Story’ – American Documentary Film Festival calling for entries
As one of the largest documentary film festivals in the United States, the 4th American Documentary Film Festival is on a mission – to reach as many people as possible with provocative films that both excite and educate. Located in Palm Springs, just as exotic as it sounds, and named by Moviemaker Magazine as one of […]
DOK LEIPZIG: German Festival Bids Farewell
‘We have achieved a lot with the festival – I can hand it over in good shape’ Claas Danielsen gives an interview on his parting and his last festival Besides offering a rich programme, the 57th edition of DOK Leipzig, the German representative of the Doc Alliance platform, is marked by a significant parting. […]
Happy Days of Brazilian Documentary
Why does documentary film have a longer tradition than fiction in Brazil? What trends and themes have ruled in Brazilian documentary in the past decade? What films should you definitely add to you ‘to watch’ list? Andrea Průchová has discussed Brazilian documentary with the Founder and Director of É Tudo Verdade festival Amir Labaki in our […]
Sarajevo Film Heart Will Beat Again Marking the Festival’s 20th Anniversary
Balkan documentary filmmaking, and especially the short documentary film format, is now at its prime. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Sarajevo Film Festival, Andrea Průchová talked to Rada Šešić, the head of its documentary film competition, about the local documentary film tradition and the festival’s remarkable jubilee in our guest post. […]
GDAŃSK DOCFILM FESTIVAL about Prison Films and the Documentary Golden Age
‘The documentary film is experiencing its golden era. Nowadays, you can go nearly anywhere with a camera.‘ Katarzyna Warzecha, Festival Coordinator and Programmer of the 12th Gdańsk DocFilm Festival believes 2014 is the Golden Age for documentaries. We talked with Warzecha about a variety of topics such as their brand-new category about prison films, the features of a […]
6 Points Filmmakers should know about GLOBAL VISIONS FESTIVAL
‘Our goal is to become the premiere documentary film festival for Western Canada,’ begins Guy Lavallee, Program Director of the 31st Global Visions Festival. Expanding from a 3 day to a 8 day festival, Global Visions declares itself as a growing force in this years’ festival circuit. This mean more opportunities for filmmakers to have […]
6 Facts You Should Know about Leipzig’s DOK Market ******
There it is: an invitation to a festival market in your email folder. But what is going on at these places behind the doors that are only open when you have the right color on your badge? Will it be worthwhile to go there and invest valuable film budget on the experience? DOK Market, […]
BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Pak Dosin, Programmer of World Cinema at the 18th BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 31 July 2013 There is one major change since last year in terms of programming which is that the world competition section FLASH FORWARD will not be a competition section anymore. Instead, it will have an audience award. […]
INTERFILM BERLIN
Today we spoke to Alexander Stein, CEO/ Festival Producer of the 29th INTERFILM BERLIN – BERLIN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 21 June 2013 We always have a different focus every year and this year will be Australia and New Zealand in comparison. We will compare the two different types of filmmaking from […]
ABU DHABI FILM FESTIVAL
Today we spoke to Intishal Al Timimi, Director of Arabic Programmes at the 7th ABU DHABI FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 1 July 2013 I am the Director of Arab Programming and of the SANAD senate – our festival fund. Our fund is created for supporting only Arab Cinema. There is about 23 countries from Iraq to Morocco […]
FOCUS • FESTIVAL DEL FILM LOCARNO
Today we spoke to Mark Peranson, Head of Programming at the 66th FESTIVAL DEL FILM LOCARNO DEADLINE • 3 June 2013 One thing we are trying to do the last 4 or 5 years is build up the industry component of the festival. And now, as of last year, there are industry screenings for the […]