#Documentary filmmaking

Articles (13)

• 🇺🇸 Louis Theroux on Capturing Reality of Israeli Settlements in ‘The Settlers’: ‘I’d Never Seen Something Like This Unfold in the Open With No Shame’ — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  In 2010, British journalist Louis Theroux went to Israel to interview ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers who believed it was their religious and political obligation to populate the West Bank for the B...

  Related: #Israeli-Palestinian conflict
• 🇺🇸 Sara Dosa, Director of Oscar-Nominated ‘Fire of Love,’ on Follow-Up ‘Time and Water’: ‘It’s a Love Letter to Iceland and to Glaciers’ — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Sara Dosa, the director of Oscar nominated “Fire of Love,” was prompted to make her latest film, “Time and Water,” after reading an article by Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason about the death of a...

  Related: #Climate change, #Environmental art
• 🇺🇸 A tribute to documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman — 15/03/2026 [USA]

  The acclaimed filmmaker, who died in February at age 96, revolutionized the art of documentaries with such films as "Titicut Follies." In an interview recorded last year, the pioneering Wiseman talked...

  Related: #Cinema history, #Artistic legacy
• 🇺🇸 ‘Whispers in May’ Blends Doc and Improv Into a Magical Journey From Girlhood to Womanhood — 14/03/2026 [USA]

  Dongnan Chen's second feature, premiering at CPH:DOX, follows three girls in China, one of whom has just had her first menstruation: "I think of the film as a dream running parallel to reality."

  Related: #Coming of age, #Cultural transition, #Female experience
• 🇺🇸 Miriam Shor Signed an NDA. Then She Decided to Make a Whole Documentary About Them. — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  The ‘Pluribus’ actress co-directed the SXSW-bound ‘My NDA’ with Juliane Dressner in the hopes of exposing the abuses of non-disclosure agreements: “The reality is it’s quite universal.”

  Related: #Legal secrecy
• 🇺🇸 ‘Lorne’ Trailer: ‘SNL’ Creator Dodges Retirement Question and Sits Down for Rare Interview in Documentary — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  Focus Features has released the first trailer for “Lorne,” a documentary chronicling the life and career of Lorne Michaels, the architect of “Saturday Night Live.” The film is set to open exclusively ...

  Related: #Television history, #Comedy culture, #Media influence
• 🇺🇸 Doc Talk Podcast Records From Berlin’s EFM DocSalon With Filmmakers Anna Fitch, Banker White And Mark Cousins — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  Filmmakers Anna Fitch and Banker White spent 16 years working on their documentary Yo (Love Is a Rebellious Bird), a portrait of Fitch’s unforgettable friend Yolando Shea – the “Yo” of the title. The ...

  Related: #Film festivals, #Personal storytelling
• 🇺🇸 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts Directors on Their Works and Hoping to Make an Impact: ‘We Wanted People to See This Raw, Unflinching Portrait’ — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  The five Oscar-nominated doc shorts pack a lot of punch into their brief time on screen. The filmmakers talked to Variety about their documentaries. All the Empty Rooms Joshua Seftel’s “All the Empty ...

  Related: #Social impact, #Gun violence awareness
• 🇺🇸 Doc Legend Sheila Nevins On Why Oscar-Nominated ‘Children No More: Were And Are Gone’ Couldn’t Get U.S. Distribution: “It’s A Troublesome Film” — 27/02/2026 [USA]

  The men and women hold signs, but do not speak. Words in Hebrew on their placards — each bearing the face of a child — do all the talking: “Ahmed Abu Sief, 9 yrs old. Was and is no more, May 7, 2025.”...

  Related: #Distribution challenges, #Middle East conflict, #Child victims
• 🇺🇸 ‘Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me’ Is A Doc That Wasn’t Meant To Happen: “I Didn’t Know What The F**k Was Going On” — 24/02/2026 [USA]

  Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me follows its titular star from London to Australia and back, taking in trips to see old friends, her on-stage performances, and even an encounter with royalty. BAFTA-winning...

  Related: #Unexpected creative projects, #Artistic journeys
• 🇺🇸 Frederick Wiseman Watched People Like Nobody Else — 17/02/2026 [USA]

  For more than 50 years, the influential documentarian found inspiration in filming the ways his ordinary subjects lived their lives.

  Related: #Sustained artistic focus, #Representation of ordinary life, #Inspiration from everyday environments
• 🇺🇸 Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies — 16/02/2026 [USA]

  He exposed abuses in films like “Titicut Follies,” a once-banned portrait of a mental hospital, but ranged widely in subject matter, from a Queens neighborhood to a French restaurant.

  Related: #Institutional critique, #Social commentary, #American society
• 🇺🇸 'The History of Concrete' Review: Only John Wilson Could Make Concrete So Compelling — 05/02/2026 [USA]

  The mastermind behind 'How To With John Wilson' returns with an engaging feature-length follow-up.

  Related: #Storytelling, #Material culture