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In this interview, the filmmakers behind ‘The End of Times’ talk about using AI to reimagine our ways of thinking about family, memory, and history. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
The Synthesis: ‘The End of Times’ Filmmakers on AI and Breaking the Audience Contract
In this interview, the filmmakers behind The End of Times talk about using AI to reimagine our ways of thinking about family, memory, and history
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In this interview by @nickkinocritic.bsky.social, codirectors Bàrbara Mestanza and Marc Pujolar discuss finding healing and closure from a sexual assault in their Sheffield DocFest winner, ‘Filthy.’ Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
“This Can’t End Here Now”: Filmmakers Bàrbara Mestanza and Marc Pujolar Discuss The Road from Rape to Reclamation in Their Prize-Winning ‘Filthy’
In this interview, codirectors Bàrbara Mestanza and Marc Pujolar discuss finding healing and closure from a sexual assault in their Sheffield DocFest winner, Filthy
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In this conversation, Keith Wilson talks about the value of critiquing the field with his live cinema performance on awards season madness, ‘Pleased to Announce.’ Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
“Why am I doing this?”: Keith Wilson Talks About His Live Cinema Performance on Awards Season Madness, ‘Pleased to Announce’
In this conversation, Keith Wilson talks about the value of critiquing the field with his live cinema performance on awards season madness, Pleased to Announce
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IDA Documentary Screening Series ’26—a season of standout films, bold storytelling, + conversations with the filmmakers shaping documentary cinema today—‘Rehearsals For A Revolution’, September 18 in LA and September 24 in NY. RSVP for #IDAScreeningSeries. www.documentary.org/idascreening...
The ‘Whispers in May’ and ‘After the Rain’ cinematographer breaks down why he deems his close-to-30-pound bag indispensable. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
What’s in My Bag: XUE Ming
The Whispers in May and After the Rain cinematographer breaks down why he deems his close-to-30-pound bag indispensable
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In its 23rd edition, the Danish festival privileged fresh new voices and projects that put cocreation at their center. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
CPH:DOX 2026: A Question of Ownership
In its 23rd edition, the Danish festival privileged fresh new voices and projects that put cocreation at their center
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Friends and colleagues pay tribute to the late ‘A Time for Burning’ filmmaker and Quest Productions founder. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
Remembering Bill Jersey, ‘A Time for Burning’ Director, and “Godfather of Berkeley’s Documentary Scene”
Friends and colleagues pay tribute to the late ‘A Time for Burning’ filmmaker and Quest Productions founder.
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In this behind-the-scenes peek, a Berlin-based filmmaker recounts the trying journey to make his Paraguay-set doc. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
Producer’s Diary: ‘That Soul Stealing Device’ (September 2018–March 2026)
In this behind-the-scenes peek, a Berlin-based filmmaker recounts the trying journey to make his Paraguay-set doc
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At the 60th edition of the Czech film festival, nonfiction storytellers called into question documentary’s ability to conjure proximity with its subjects. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
KVIFF 2026: Who Owns the Image?
At the 60th edition of the Czech film festival, nonfiction storytellers called into question documentary’s ability to conjure proximity with its subjects
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This year’s Chicago-based independent film exhibition conference was buoyed by optimism and a clear-eyed look at the future of arthouse theaters. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
IND/EX 2026: Main Event
This year’s Chicago-based independent film exhibition conference was buoyed by optimism and a clear-eyed look at the future of arthouse theaters
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Despite working within institutions with rigid ideological missions, Iranian documentary filmmakers have long found ways to produce work according to their own aesthetic choices and goals. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
Independent Means: The Author of ‘Documenting Iran’ Breaks Down the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’s Role in Shaping Contemporary Documentary Filmmaking
Despite working within institutions with rigid ideological missions, Iranian documentary filmmakers have long found ways to produce work according to their own aesthetic choices and goals
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In this interview, Maite Alberdi discusses using fanciful fiction and true crime tropes to dissect society’s expectations of motherhood in ‘A Child of My Own.’ Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
A Question of Form: Maite Alberdi Talks About Blending Fantasy and True Crime in ‘A Child of My Own’
In this interview, Maite Alberdi discusses using fanciful fiction and true crime tropes to dissect society’s expectations of motherhood in A Child of My Own
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In this behind-the-scenes peek, journalist-turned-filmmaker Janay Boulos details how the idea for an urgent, political project about Lebanon became the very personal doc ‘Birds of War.’ Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
Producer’s Diary: ‘Birds of War’ (July 2023 – June 2026)
In this behind-the-scenes peek, journalist-turned-filmmaker Janay Boulos details how the idea for an urgent, political project about Lebanon became the very personal doc Birds of War
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Penny Lane on crowdsourcing video from New York’s birders, audience engagement, and premiering her eighth feature ‘Wild Inside’ in Central Park. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
“The Most Documented Owl”: Penny Lane on Her Crowdsourced and Crowd-Pleasing ‘Wild Inside’
Penny Lane on crowdsourcing video from New York’s birders, audience engagement, and premiering her eighth feature Wild Inside in Central Park
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In this interview, the filmmakers behind a personal doc that unearths the fraught shared history between France and Algeria talk about the parallels between colonial and sexual violence. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
“Every Version Contains a Part of the Truth”: Mia Bendrimia and Kira Simon-Kennedy Discuss Magma
In this interview, the filmmakers behind a personal doc that unearths the fraught shared history between France and Algeria talk about the parallels between colonial and sexual violence
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#DocumentaryMag Exclusive - Trailer for ‘Threshold’. Watch the trailer for Lars and Torsten Brinkema’s debut feature, which documents Olympic cross-country skier Jessie Diggins’ struggle with an eating disorder.
Exclusive: Trailer for Lars and Torsten Brinkema’s ‘Threshold’
Watch the trailer for Lars and Torsten Brinkema’s debut feature, which documents Olympic cross-country skier Jessie Diggins’ struggle with an eating disorder
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The WTO/99 producer/editor explains the purpose, lingo, and cost strategy behind theatrical booking for independently released films. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
Beyond the Distributor: A Primer on Theatrical Booking
The WTO/99 producer/editor explains the purpose, lingo, and cost strategy behind theatrical booking for independently released films
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In this interview, Rajee Samarasinghe discusses making the limits of documentary practice visible in his short about forced disappearances in Sri Lanka, ‘A Flower Falling Back Into the Earth.’ Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
“The Failure of the Form”: Rajee Samarasinghe on Making the Limits of Documentary Practice Visible in His Short, A Flower Falling Back Into the Earth
In this interview, Rajee Samarasinghe discusses making the limits of documentary practice visible in his short about forced disappearances in Sri Lanka, A Flower Falling Back Into the Earth
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With the rise of AI documentaries, we outline the worrying tropes these projects can’t seem to escape. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
The Synthesis: 9 Red Flags to Look For in AI Documentaries in 2026
With the rise of AI documentaries, we outline the worrying tropes these projects can’t seem to escape
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Long mired in the colonial legacy since its inception, ethnographic documentary has recently undergone a notable shift toward collaborative and introspective modes of representation. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
Looking Back: Contemporary Ethnographic Filmmaking Grapples With Its Own History of Extraction and Offers New Modes of Accountability
Long mired in the colonial legacy since its inception, ethnographic documentary has recently undergone a notable shift toward collaborative and introspective modes of representation
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From Sinophone refuge to listening sessions, the 15th TIDF stakes its rigorous programming on the value of removal. By @amarsanaa.bsky.social. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
Taiwan Int’l Doc Festival 2026: Points of Departure
From Sinophone refuge to listening sessions, the 15th TIDF stakes its rigorous programming on the value of removal
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With 'Time Machine Maidan,' the Ukrainian film collective Babylon’13 blends the immediacy of its own vast war archive with an artful take on a sci-fi film. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
Atomic Energy: ‘Time Machine Maidan’ and the Expansive Memory of Babylon’13
With Time Machine Maidan, the Ukrainian film collective Babylon’13 blends the immediacy of its own vast war archive with an artful take on a sci-fi film
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In this interview, filmmaker Tom Fontenille talks about grappling with grief and needing to completely overhaul his queer family doc, ‘A Secret Heart.’ Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
Another Life: Director Tom Fontenille Discusses The Challenges of Honoring His Father And Their Trans Journey With ‘A Secret Heart’
In this interview, filmmaker Tom Fontenille talks about grappling with grief and needing to completely overhaul his queer family doc, A Secret Heart
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Paramount clearly understood what anyone would who followed the facts in this case: that this deal is clearly a violation of U.S. antitrust laws. Instead of fighting the inevitable, they've resigned to fighting this where it was always going to end up: an antitrust trial in Federal court.
Paramount Agrees to Delay Warner Bros. Merger for Months (Gift Article)
The company agreed to a proposed freeze until June 2027, unless a judge issues a ruling before then on a lawsuit blocking the deal.
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In this interview, Getting Real ’26 keynote speaker Petna Ndaliko Katondolo discusses the practice of ancestral ecology storytelling and using documentary’s capacity to create and rethink community. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
“A Way of Listening”: Knowledge-Keeper Petna Ndaliko Katondolo Talks About Documentary’s Capacity to Rethink Community
In this interview, Getting Real ’26 keynote speaker Petna Ndaliko Katondolo discusses the practice of ancestral ecology storytelling and using documentary’s capacity to create and rethink community
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Today, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with a coalition of 12 state attorneys general, announced a lawsuit against the Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Learn more about the suit, the #BlockTheMerger campaign, and what’s next.
IDA Statement on Open Letter Opposing the Warner Bros./Paramount Merger
Updated on July 13, 2026– Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. DiscoveryJuly 13, 2026
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In this interview, directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal break down the platform release strategy for 'Steal This Story, Please!,' which has yielded a box office gross of more than $1 million already. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
“We Wanted More Than a One-Day Release”: Directors Tia Lessin and Carl Dean on Building The Box Office Success of ‘Steal This Story, Please!’
In this interview, directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal break down the platform release strategy for Steal This Story, Please!, which has yielded a box office gross of more than $1 million already
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In this interview, ‘Jackass: Best and Last’ director Jeff Tremaine talks about mining and shaping the original MTV show’s vast digital archive to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
“We Don’t Want Mom’s Approval”: ‘Jackass: Best and Last’ Director Jeff Tremaine Talks Stunts, Digital Cameras, and the Infamous MTV Series at 25
In this interview, Jackass: Best and Last director Jeff Tremaine talks about mining and shaping the original MTV show’s vast digital archive to celebrate its 25th anniversary
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Get ready to get real with one of our keynote speakers, Mandy Chang, who has sat on both sides of the desk: pitching as a filmmaker, greenlighting as a commissioner at the BBC and ABC. Passes available now! documentary.org/gettingreal2...
Mandy Chang (GR'26 Keynote Speaker), recently appointed chief executive officer of the Documentary Film Council, on leveraging her decades-long experience to move beyond diagnosing problems and organizing around them instead. Read more at #DocumentaryMag.
Thoughts and Actions: A Conversation With Mandy Chang on Being Appointed the First Chief Executive Officer of the Documentary Film Council
Mandy Chang, recently appointed chief executive officer of the Documentary Film Council, on leveraging her decades-long experience to move beyond diagnosing problems and organize around them instead
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