From breaking new ground to rewriting history, from fighting for public representation to weaving complex tales of self-discovery and from sequin-clad satire to tragedy laid bare : queer cinema has it all.
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From breaking new ground to rewriting history, from fighting for public representation to weaving complex tales of self-discovery and from sequin-clad satire to tragedy laid bare : queer cinema has it all.
Every June, the Champs-Élysées Film Festival brings together an exceptional selection of independent cinema from France and the United States to Paris’ iconic avenue. Here are 7 indie documentaries premiering at this year’s edition that are excited about !
Few ways of making film today offer richer ground for artistic expression, political thought and social critique than decolonial cinema. Here are 13 documentaries that deconstruct colonial narratives, featuring in this year’s edition of the Decolonial Film Festival, of which Doc Weekly is a proud media partner.
You've seen documentaries about video games, their creation, their rise to prominence, perhaps their ever growing impact on the public psyche. But have you ever seen one shot entirely in GTA's Los Santos ? Or one who's script is composed of World of Warcraft gamelogs ? The “machinima” genre is currently having a moment, particularly when it comes to documentary.
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.
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.
Three films that give a fascinating glimpse into a life far removed from the normal nine to five, and the pitfalls that accompany those all-consuming highs. Enjoy.
There is a wealth of awesome short films to catch at this year’s festival - from a fly-on-the wall experience of a heavy night out in Chengdu China to a critique of the sexualisation of women in surfing and the introduction of an unconventional surfer family in South Africa… Here are our five favourites.
Documentary Weekly is proud to be an official media partner of the Paris Surf & Skateboard Film Festival (PSSFF). To kick things off, here’s their all-time roundup of the best surf and skateboard documentaries ever made.
For our latest Top Docs we’ve teamed up with French wildlife photographer Matthieu Courdesses to bring you 10 of the best wildlife documentaries ever made.
Like all festivals of the past few months, Locarno has altered its format for 2020. However, with its Films After Tomorrow selection, the organisation has boldly pioneered a truly unique focus. Here are our top 5 docs.
We’ve teamed up with the New York-based Black Documentary Collective (BDC) to bring you our latest Top Docs - ten of the best documentaries made by black directors, as voted by the members of the collective.
We’re teaming up with our favourite festival news platform Film Fest Report, to bring you a top 10 of our favourite short films available on the Selects platform.
We’ve spent the past week delving into this phenomenal collection and have emerged to bring you 10 stunning must-see films.
As lockdown persists around the world and travel continues to be ruled out, we teamed up with The Movie Diorama to bring you our 10 favourite documentaries that focus on global subcultures, so that you can continue to explore the world through film.
For our latest Top Docs we had the honour of teaming up with Taskovski Films, the producers and distributors of the some of the best documentaries ever made. Together, we’ve picked ten of our favourite thought-provoking comedies.
Aptly named “The Home Entertainment Edition” and running from the 1st to 17th of May, the fabulous quirkiness of this year’s slimmed down programme is just as addictive and an endless internet rabbit-hole. Our top 5 documentaries to watch include
We teamed up with the brilliant Pandemic Film Club (@pandemicfilmclub) to bring you our first ever Top Docs, ten of the most controversial documentaries out there.
