Documentary News

Webdox and the problem with interactive

The Webdox Conference wrapped recently in Belgium, and Sandra Gaudenzi of i-Docs has offered some illuminating thoughts on what the conference demonstrated about the state of the webdoc.

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Sheffield Doc/Fest gets interactive

Sheffield Doc/Fest has just released its program, and I am green with envy over the fabulous lineup of interactive sessions.

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Hot Docs 2013 winners

Toronto’s Hot Docs, North America’s largest non-fiction film festival, has announced its prize winning films from the 2013 edition.

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2013 Sydney Film Festival documentary program

A total of 55 documentaries will feature amongst the 190 films announced as part of the 60th edition of the Sydney Film Festival.

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Coming soon: The Gatekeepers

Dror Moreh’s acclaimed documentary The Gatekeepers will screen at cinemas across Australia from Septermber 5.


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The NFB goes global

File this one under ‘I want to hug the Canadian National Film Board’. The NFB has announced plans to launch a global online documentary channel.

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Docos win big at Tribeca

A handful of new non-fiction features and shorts have won prizes at the recently concluded Tribeca Film Festival in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City.

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Preview: Film Raro Pacific Paradise Film Challenge

A half-dozen filmmaking teams from Australia, England, Hawaii, Los Angeles and New Zealand have been selected from 200 international submissions to create and screen their short works in the Cook Islands during the month of May as part of the inaugural edition of the Film Raro Pacific Paradise Film Challenge.

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Preview: Audi Festival of German Films 2013

German cinephiles rejoice! The Audi Festival of German Films is back. Eddie Cockrell previews the festival's robust documentary offering. 

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Tribeca Storyscapes

Tribeca Film Festival is on now, and the inaugural transmedia segment of the festival has just wrapped up.

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Sundance London adds doco talks

Sundance London returns for its second year, this time with a series of talks destined to delight the documentary enthusiast.

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Les Blank dies at 77

Les Blank, legendary documentarian of the eccentric, has died.

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Big Star doco to screen at ACMI

Drew DeNicola’s documentary on 1970's American band Big Star will screen in Melbourne from May 26. 

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Screen Australia invests in ABC’s The War That Changed Us

ABC World War I doco, The War That Changed Us has received a funding boost from Screen Australia.

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Sydney Film Festival: Preview

In the run-up to their 60th annual edition, the Sydney Film Festival has announced its first batch of feature-length titles, 11 of which are documentaries.

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