What will the impact of Covid-19 be on film festivals after the crisis? Is 2020 an existential moment for the format? Does it need a rethink? We spoke with Sheffield Doc/Fest Director Cintia Gil.
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What will the impact of Covid-19 be on film festivals after the crisis? Is 2020 an existential moment for the format? Does it need a rethink? We spoke with Sheffield Doc/Fest Director Cintia Gil.
Episode 10 of our Quarantine Editions comes to you from filmmaker Cyrus Stowe’s stoop in Brooklyn, New York.
Today’s What Are You Watching, Quarantine Edition comes from Güven in Ismir, Turkey.
BAFTA-Winning director of “73 Cows” and “Test Subjects” Alex Lockwood joined us for episode 7 of What Are You Watching, from his home in Birmingham for the our latest Quarantine Edition.
Callum’s last watch was “Disconnected”, a timely short on loneliness, his favourite true crime is “OJ, Made in America” and next he’s watching “Still Bill” to find out more about the late legend Bill Withers, sadly a recent victim to Coronavirus.
For our second episode we met Lucie while in Coronavirus quarantine at her parents’ house. She suggests listening to the BBC's "Tunnel 29" podcast, reckons she was unduly manipulated by the "Kony 2012" documentary and most of the documentaries she's seen have made her cry.
For our first episode of “What Are You Watching?” we met Matt, who had his mind blown by the ‘Zeitgeist’ movies as a kid, was inspired by the cult film ‘American Movie’ and reckons ‘The Greatest Movie Ever Sold’, a film about product placement that is funded by product placement, is the most “WTF” doc he’s ever seen.
At this year's International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), we sat down with directors Rica Saito and Caio Castor to discuss their short film “Batalha” or “Battle”.
‘Honeyland’ won big at Sundance this year and is regarded as one of the best documentaries of 2019. The film has been especially praised for its cinematography. We met with cinematographer Samir Ljuma to find out how they did it.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
