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.
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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.
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.
Geogre Hitzak’s short documentary 'Waiting For the Sea', about an electronic music festival in the drained Aral Sea, will be opening the Calvert Journal Film Festival: 7 days of New East cinema, online from 7pm BST tomorrow 12 October for free! Read our review by Tommy Hodgson.
“Film About A Father Who…” is Sachs’ attempt to understand her wayward and seemingly unknowable father Ira and the complex web of family ties woven by decades of his promiscuity. Filmed over the course of 35 years in a variety of formats, the film charts Ira’s multiple wives, innumerable girlfriends and his ever-growing list of offspring.
Amongst Sundance London’s brilliant short film selection, our non-fiction eye was caught by two in particular: “Beyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie” and “Junior Bangers”.
Since “Boys State” won Best Documentary at Sundance (beating audience award-winner “Crip Camp”), it’s received a steady stream of critical acclaim including a five-star review from the Guardian and even a few shouts for best film of the year. Exceptionally, its now premiering online as part of Sundance London on the 9th of August and we highly recommend you tune in.
‘I Am Breathing’ is a surreal and moving dichotomy of a man’s story, told through his life and his death, aptly and sensitively portrayed by directors Emma Davie and Louise Oswald, Neil’s widow. Despite what you might expect, a regular dose of dry humour keeps the film lively, almost upbeat and certainly not depressing.
The 42nd edition of Cinéma du Réel kicks off in Paris this week and we can’t wait to dig in to this year’s selection. Doc Weekly will be in attendance, keeping an eye out for future classics, interviewing directors and keeping you all updated on social media along the way. But first, here are our top picks from this year’s line-up.
With Britain heading to the polls next week, a revelatory new film by BAFTA-winner John Pilger, lifts the lid on the NHS’ covert privatisation in the past few years. Find out where you can watch it.
Kamal’s mission is simple: to reunite lost children with their parents. That’s no easy task in Kutupalong refugee camp, now home to close to a million people. Contributor Gabriella Volak attended the film’s screening at London’s “We The Peoples Film Festival”, backed by the United Nations.
We partnered with Fleishman Hillard Fishburn to host the Uk’s first ever screening of Social Animals. Find out how our audience reacted!
Find out how to enter our draw to win tickets to our private screening of SXSW-nominated documentary Social Animals in London!
