“it’s obvious how it helps people with anxiety, depression, addictions and pretty much every condition.” We spoke with Patrick Mclennan, Co-Director of The Ponds, on the mental health benefits of outdoor swimming and how to get involved.
“it’s obvious how it helps people with anxiety, depression, addictions and pretty much every condition.” We spoke with Patrick Mclennan, Co-Director of The Ponds, on the mental health benefits of outdoor swimming and how to get involved.
Neither would we… But hot off the back of his debut film “61 Hugs”, CK proves us wrong yet again with his new series “The Bench”, out this week. Filmed over 7 nights, CK sat on a bench in Sheffield late at night and asked passersby to join him for a chat - the results will surprise you! Watch our interview with him to mark the series’ release.
Starting life as a leafleting campaign to unionise the cleaners, the film snowballed into a four-year project, resulting in a 90 minute piece that in 1975 at its time of release, baffled its subjects.
Throughout director Paul Duane’s character study of the travelling artist you'll wonder what exactly it is that you're watching. Filmed over two years of Drummond’s 12-year world tour of 12 different cities, ‘Best Before Death’ redeems itself by capturing some unexpectedly spontaneous and sincere interactions from local passersby.
The Kogi are the last surviving civilisation from the world of the Inca and Aztec. Their cities lie untouched, deep in the jungle of the world’s highest coastal mountains, an area nicknamed “hell” by local Colombian authorities and cocaine-farmers alike. They’re now communicating with the civilised world to deliver a dire ecological warning.
Every day, hundreds of millions of tweets, Instagram posts, Facebook updates and Youtube uploads make their way online. Inevitably, a significant portion of these uploads will be reported for violating a platform’s rules. But what happens next? Who decides what should be deleted?
‘Palestine Underground’ opens to footage of DJ Oddz’ daring ascent of the 8 metre wall standing between him and the venue he’s due to play at.
When we asked director Toby Brusseau if he ever worried for Mike’s life while shooting ‘Rocketman’, his reply was “Absolutely. All the time. Not only for Mike but for the crew as well”.
Jade Goody’s story is nothing short of a modern fairytale. The dystopian ups and downs of her short life lived in the spotlight are brilliantly recounted in Channel 4’s breathtaking 3-part series “Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain"
While we often disregard the latest teen boyband obsessions as a modern and commercial scourge, director Jessica Leski’s comprehensive and touching study of the phenomenon compels the viewer to rethink.
Not long ago, Jay Wilde was a walking talking paradox: a vegetarian cattle-farmer. While its true that most people resent the job they do, Jay’s was to deliver his friends to slaughter, over and over again.
Undergoing phenomenal change and achieving heights never before seen in human history, today’s construction sector is a lot more exciting than most people think. We met with the B1M’s founder, Fred Mills.
Director Armin Thalhammer and his crew risked their lives to make “Cerro Rico”, a haunting dive into the depths of the famed Bolivian silver mine, estimated to have cost the lives of up to 8 million men to date.
“It’s bigger than the World Cup, it’s bigger than the Champions League… it’s the Epinetzo Africa Cup of Nations”. With the backing and support of one of France’s most successful rappers, Niska, and countless footballing superstars such as Didier Drogba, Karim Benzema, Paul Pogba, Riyad Mahrez and Benjamin Mendy, the tournament has exploded in popularity on social media and french news channels.
Soufra follows the unlikely and wildly inspirational story of intrepid social entrepreneur, Mariam Shaar – a generational refugee who has spent her entire life in the Burj El Barajneh refugee camp just south of Beirut, Lebanon.
CK Goldiing is a writer and filmmaker from Sheffield, UK who got in touch with Documentary Weekly to submit his rivetingly feel-good first short film, ‘61 HUGS’. After helplessly falling for this gem of a film, we set out to speak to the man himself.
Documentary Weekly met with musician and filmmaker Elizabeth Sankey to chat about her new film, ‘Romantic Comedy’, the day after it’s live-scored UK premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Few films following political upheaval successfully convey the conflicting emotions of their leaders as they struggle for empowerment and justice, but Chris Kelly’s Bafta-nominated ‘A Cambodian Spring’ is such a potent mixture of visual and auditive artistry that no viewer can possibly be left unmoved.
Documentary Weekly met with director Pia Hellenthal at Sheffield Doc/Fest 19 to talk about her new film, ‘Searching Eva’, ahead of its UK premiere.
“With Diego, I would go to the end of the world. But with Maradona… I wouldn’t take a step”
