There it is: an invitation to a festival market in your email folder. But what is going on at these places behind the doors that are only open when you have the right color on your badge? Will it be worthwhile to go there and invest valuable film budget on the experience? DOK Market, […]
documentary film festivals
EVA STOTZ and her GLOBAL HOME: The Festival Circuit with a Couchsurfing Documentary
Couchsurfing. Of course you have heard of it but have you gone forth, taken the risky hike and tried it? Through the documentary GLOBAL HOME, filmmaker Eva Stotz gives a close insight into the experiences in traveling this unorthodox way. A co-production of Sabotage Films, ZDF – Kleines Fernsehspiel and supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, […]
FIPRESCI Juror Peter Wintonick: 15 Years With One Of The World’s Great Programmers
“I think my definition these days of cinema really erases national borders because everyone comes from everywhere and the world is everywhere, digitally.” Thessoloniki Documentary Festival (TDF) FIPRESCI Jury President Peter Wintonick has been returning to the festival for 15 years as a director, producer and mentor. He is, shall we say, the right […]
SilverDocs Film Festival
Today we spoke to Sky Sitney, Artistic Director of the 11th SILVERDOCS DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL DEADLINE • 15 March 2013 Every time we launch our call for submissions – rather than approach it with an agenda, scouring through it hoping to see things that will match that agenda – we try to stay open and allow the […]
The Documentary Film Festival List
Documentary film festival: the genre in which authenticity and controversy play the main role. For FilmFestivalLife’s new list we tried to cover all continents and as many regions as possible. As usual, we have created handy shortlists for the must have festivals, the important ones and those you should keep on the radar In addition […]