It was her first feature-length documentary, made in a country which language she didn’t speak. Despite that, Putin’s Kiss was picked up by festivals around the world and even won the award for best cinematography at the Sundance. You can call it luck, but perhaps filmmaker Lise Birk Pedersen really just has a nose for good stories.
A new documentary by Susanne Rostock exploring the colourful life of singer and activist Harry Belafonte is soon to hit UK cinemas. Sophia Loukaides explains why ’Sing your Song’ is so much more than a mere biography and has managed to take the international stage by storm.
As part of their Dogwoof documentary season, The Gate cinema in Notting Hill is showing the fabulous documentary Town of Runners this Sunday. And we’re happy to announce that we have two tickets to give away. Find out how you can win them.
Next week Thursday, the London International Documentary Film Festival (LIDF) kicks off in the capital with some great films on a variety of subjects. We’ve put together some trailers of documentatries which we feel will be absolute winners this year.
Sheffield Doc/Fest this week announced its impressive slate of documentaries, short docs, panel discussions and art installations. As ever a lot of the focus lies on the new possibilities that are presented to us by stepping away from traditional linear filmmaking and the festival aims to explore, and educate on, all the different options.
One of the world’s most important and vibrant documentary festivals, Sheffield Doc/Fest, today officially announced its programme for 13-17 June. It’s only six weeks away now so time to reveal some of the highlights.
Less than three weeks from now the London International Documentary Festival will kick off with a bang, and we’ll be there! Here’s a little heads up on what to expect.
After announcing the ten winners of the festival awards during the last weekend Canadian doc fest it was time for the audience to pick their winner. We’re happy to announce that they picked a documentary which has just been purchased by Dogwoof and will therefor hit UK screens soon; Jeff Orlowski’s Chasing Ice.
Last night one of the world’s biggest documentary festivals, the Canadian HotDocs, presented its awards. In total ten awards and $71,000 in cash prizes were presented to Canadian and international filmmakers, including awards for Festival films in competition and those recognizing emerging and established filmmakers. DocGeeks gives you a glimpse of what to look out for with the help of the winners’ trailers.
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