Documentary Weekly met up with Kristof Bilsen at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 to talk about his latest film, 'Mother', ahead of it’s international premiere.
Documentary Weekly met up with Kristof Bilsen at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 to talk about his latest film, 'Mother', ahead of it’s international premiere.
2019 was another bumper year for the festival - here’s a summary of our best bits and films to look out for this year.
‘Who is William Onyeabor?’ - New York-based label Luaka Bop tried, and failed, to find this out in 2013 when they released an album of the same name which compiled the work of the mystery 70s and 80s Nigerian synthesizer musician.
It’s likely you couldn’t point out the Helveltica typeface if you were asked to, but walk down any given city street today with someone who can, and you’ll realise just how unbelievably influential it is.
Late last year, Documentary Weekly was approached by the Southern Documentary Project filmmaker John Rash, who submitted to us a premiere of his first feature film Negro Terror. Now, tragically, his film has taken on far greater importance.
Ted Bundy is not only America’s most notorious serial killer, he’s also one of it’s greatest obsessions. His story is now the subject of a blockbuster Hollywood film and Zac Efron is said to have based his surprisingly accurate character study on this particularly haunting mini-series.
You’ve never met an organic farmer quite as eccentric, entertaining, foul-mouthed or as heavy a drinker as Peter Dunning.
On November 13th 2015, Paris suffered it’s deadliest ever attack. This incredibly poignant and touching 3-part series is an intimate portrayal of 40 survivors’ stories, but also how deeply their lives have been affected by the experience.
This is the calming and affecting study of L’Arche, a community of people with learning disabilities in France, who despite common beliefs have a huge amount of knowledge to impart on the world.
This is a modern classic of the documentary genre and a deserved Oscar winner back in 2013.
Cancel your plans for tomorrow evening, there's a brand new David Attenborough nature doc series landing on Netflix that you're going to want to binge-watch instead.
We partnered with Fleishman Hillard Fishburn to host the Uk’s first ever screening of Social Animals. Find out how our audience reacted!
In 2013, inventor and entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes was at the head of a $10 billion company, two years later she is due to appear in court for fraud.
If you were online in the late 2000s, the chances are you’ve heard of TechnoViking. The thing is, TechnoViking never wanted you to know him…
Munich’s Eisbach was where river surfing was born - meet the surfers who hit the waves every day after work despite being hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean.
Find out how to enter our draw to win tickets to our private screening of SXSW-nominated documentary Social Animals in London!
It’s the documentary on everyone’s lips and it’s about time you watched it too…
Documentary Weekly was invited to attend the premiere of Children of the Snow Land, where we caught up with Director Zara Balfour to talk about her inspiration for the film, how the process has changed her outlook and one of the film’s most enthusiastic patrons, Bear Grylls.
“Less but better”. Dieter Rams, the most influential designer alive to day, has an important message for our consumption-fuelled lives. This film looks back at his timeless pieces of work with Braun in the 50s and 60s.
'Free Solo' won this year's oscar for best documentary. But before Alex Honnold even set eyes on El Capitan, generations of bold, fearless and frankly insane climbers, blazed the trail for him in Yosemite National Park.
