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IDFA Bertha Fund announce first documentary selection of 2013
The IDFA Bertha Fund has concluded the first selection round for 2013. Sixteen documentary projects were selected from 306 submissions, hailing from such countries as Madagascar, Cuba, Egypt and Libya. … Read entire article »
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Berliner’s documentary offers first-hand account of living with Alzheimer’s
For obvious reasons, it’s difficult to get a first-hand account of what it’s like to have Alzheimer’s disease. But Alan Berliner’s documentary comes awfully close. Kristy Hutter reviews IDFA’s grand prize winner First Cousin Once Removed. … Read entire article »
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DG presents the Top 20 documentaries of 2012
It might be a dull thing to say (let alone read) but nonetheless it’s true; the past year has brought us some amazing quality documentaries. We had a little tally here at the office and came up with a list of 20 documentaries that we thought you should see (if you haven’t already). … Read entire article »
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A little documentary awards update
We’re a few days late but only because we were planning some fun stuff for the coming weeks! Last weekend the IDA awards and BIFA awards were handed out to some great documentarians. Find out who! … Read entire article »
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Polish prison documentary trilogy complete with Bad Boy
Polish director Janusz Mrozowski has been working in prisons for more than a decade – first teaching filmmaking to inmates in France and later in Poland where he made three features on the subject, with Bad Boy High Security Cell being the final one in the series. According to the jury at IDFA this film “doesn’t just show you what that situation does to the prisoner, it allows you to have the actual experience yourself.” … Read entire article »
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Documentary examines brutal existence of albinos in Tanzania
The audience at IDFA rated it their second favourite out of a possible 300 films - and with just cause. Harry Freeland’s new documentary In The Shadow of the Sun is a phenomenal piece of filmmaking which doesn’t just tells us but also truly lets us feel the heartbreaking fear and pain that albinos in Tanzania experience on a daily basis. … Read entire article »
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Why Poverty? documentary series: Park Avenue
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney strikes again with a hard-hitting documentary highlighting the unfair wealth divide in the US by focusing on Park Avenue; one of the country’s most famous streets where the super rich and super poor live a mere few miles apart. … Read entire article »
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