In 2016, a disruptive wave of rappers, encouraged by the low barriers to entry that SoundCloud offered, started sharing lyrically repetitive music with a low-fidelity and low-budget sonic profile.
Netflix’s Dick Johnson Is Dead seems to perfectly balance absurdly comical moments with its melancholic undertone. After all, this is a film about life, just as much as it is about death.
A proud subculture has developed in Indonesia around the crazy potential for modifications to the legendary Vespa scooter. Director Marc Ressang is one of the few filmmakers to have followed the community closely and his awesome short “Rebel Riders” is our latest Short of the Week.
“First We Eat” is a POV film from the eyes of Suzanne Crocker, a mother of three living in Dawson City, Yukon, inspired to pick up the camera after a road obstruction led to food shortages in the town, exposing the fragility of her family’s food chain. The family of five embark on a challenge to eat only locally sourced food for a whole year.
Today marks the start of the Barcelona 360° VR & AR Market’s fourth edition, running online until the 18th of December, a unique opportunity to discover an exciting new documentary format.
To say ‘I Walk on Water’ is to challenge your beliefs and limitations, to allow yourself to feel holy. With this in mind, IWOW: I Walk On Water broadcasts a sea of experiences to us.
The ICA’s FRAMES of REPRESENTATION 2020 is taking place online, via their new digital programme platform Cinema 3, from 27 November – 13 December. Filmed in collaboration with indigenous communities in Guna Yala, Panama, Panquiaco is a poetic fable of melancholy and belonging.
It’s the 1st of December! Time to open that first window in your advent calendars or, in the case of Mr Bingo, scratch off somebody’s clothes… Since 2018, the artist has been making advent calendars using scratch off ink to reveal his illustrations of people’s naked bodies.
To celebrate IDFA 2020 and this year’s amazing program, we’ve put together a list of our 10 favourite documentaries due for release next year in 2021.
This gripping exposé from director Alexander Nanau follows a real-time investigation into the corruption and greed at the heart of the Romanian healthcare system and its devastating consequences for the Romanian people.
Feels Good Man charts the devolution of a cartoon frog from comic book, to internet meme, to its unlikely arrival in the world of American politics.
Every year in director Nevra Topcu's native Turkey, animals are sacrificed for Eid or Kurban Bayramı. As a vegan, the subject has always put her off. In “Kurban” (Sacrifice), our Short of the Week, she explores in greater depth the debates surrounding the practice. Watch it now for free.
African Apocalypse is a harrowing journey through the colonial past and its inevitable hangover in present-day Niger, West Africa. Femi Nylander traces the steps of a little known French captain, Paul Voulet, who unleashed wanton terror on several communities along the Niger-Nigeria border, leaving a trail of dead bodies in the wake of his unclear quest.
In this poetic, archival feature documentary narrated by Laurie Anderson, Lisa Rovner uncovers the untold story of the formidable women that helped shape electronic music.
Although tolerance is building around the subject of LGBT+ rights in Ukraine, the annual PRIDE march brings out more than just love and support, it also draws hatred and aggression from minority hate groups. Filmmaker and photographer Jordy Walker set out to capture last year’s march.
Why did the United States fail to reckon with a danger for which it should have been so well prepared? Renowned director Alex Gibney digs deep to unearth the Trump administration’s doomed response to the Covid 19 crisis.
The 18th edition of Doc Lisboa is unlike any other - instead of an eleven-day festival, Directors Joanna Sousa and Miguel Ribeiro have decided to take us on a six-month journey. Here are our favourite picks from this year’s extraordinary selection.
The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced the 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards shortlists for the Best Feature and Best Short categories.
‘Clinch’ is an intimate portrait of a group of Mixed Martial Artists, struggling together during the Covid-19 quarantine in São Paulo, Brazil - a tricky situation that remains only partially resolved today.
From director Garett Bradley comes an exceptional epic of love, devotion and perseverance more cinematic than any fiction released this year. Hot off its Sundance win and with a solid 9/10 from us, ‘Time’ is a rare example of documentary in its ultimate form: art.
