From the 4th to the 13th of April 2025, Switzerland’s only international non-fiction film festival returns for its 56th edition with a rich programme featuring 154 films from a record 57 countries. Here are 10 things to see - and do !
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From the 4th to the 13th of April 2025, Switzerland’s only international non-fiction film festival returns for its 56th edition with a rich programme featuring 154 films from a record 57 countries. Here are 10 things to see - and do !
The 47th edition of Paris’ Cinéma du réel comes to a close today as the festival announces the winners from its selection of 37 world, international and french premieres of its competition section.
As with every edition of Cinéma du Réel, we’ve been blown away by the profusion of forms, subjects and artistic experimentation at play in this year's bold programming choices. To help you make sense of this year’s vast selection, here’s our list of films to look out for…
The Paris-based Decolonial Film Festival will be opening its 2025 edition with an avant-premiere of the Oscar-nominated Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat by Johan Grimonprez. Doc Weekly is excited to be the Decolonial Film Festival’s official media partner, boasting a programming committee made up of fifteen anti-racist, diasporic, queer and feminist organisations.
Israel has blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza as it demands Hamas agree to a US plan for a ceasefire extension. Just hours later, ‘No Other Land’ by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal won the Oscar for Best Feature Documentary at the 97th edition of the Academy Awards. The filmmakers criticised US foreign policy and asked that the international community act.
This year Doc Weekly was in Biarritz attending Fipadoc, boasting nearly 180 films from around the world across 5 major competitions including two Oscar nominees for Best Documentary Feature ! Here’s a complete list of this year’s award-winners.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards including Documentary Feature Film and Documentary Short Film. The films nominated are Black Box Diaries by Shiori Ito, No Other Land by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat by Johan Grimonprez, Porcelain War by Slava Leontyev, Brendan Bellomo and Sugarcane by Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat
Doc Weekly is kicking off 2025 with a visit to Fipadoc ! In anticipation of the festival, we’ve been poring through the programme in order to give you our hot tips from this year’s premiering films in the competitions…
The BAFTAs have announced their final nominations in all categories ahead of the February 16th awards ceremony. Five films have been nominated for Best Documentary : Black Box Diaries by Shiori Ito ; Daughters by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton ; No Other Land by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal ; Will & Harper by Josh Greenbaum ; Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story by Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgu
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 97th Academy Awards including Documentary Feature Film and Documentary Short Film. Among the films nominated, there are The Bibi Files by Alexis Bloom, Black Box Diaries by Shiori Ito, Dahomey by Mati Diop, No Other Land by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Queendom by Agniia Galdanova, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat by Johan Grimonprez and many more. Read the full lists here.
Doc Weekly is attending IDFA 2024 ! Here are our hottest tips from the films premiering in the competition sections of tof the world’s largest documentary film festival of the year…
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Amidst the chaos and devastating loss of the past year, our perceptions, our ways of working and the art we produce have been transformed, opening up new, creative opportunities. Will Hazell returns to our series with a beautiful, pensive and uplifting film focused on his housemate and fellow innovative artist, Fran.
We’re extremely excited to see so many of our favourite films from the past year included in this record-breaking tally of Oscar shortlisted documentaries. For every one that we’ve covered you’ll find a link to our review, including a trailer and a link to watch the film for yourself.
When the Novemba Films crew found themselves in California with time to kill, they headed to the desert until they reached Morongo Valley, a place that has more than meets the eye.
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.
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.
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.
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.