18th January 2025

Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master: An interview with Ivan Salatic

It's about shaking things up and opening a window to a parallel universe of history...

Cineuropa • 27th December 2024

Interview with Valentina Iusuphodjaev, Head of Moldovan National Film Center

"Highlighting the economic benefits of film can strengthen our position in negotiations with decision makers"...

International Documentary Association • 19th July 2024

DocuMentality's 'The Price of Passion' reports doc filmmakers' mental health

Documentary filmmaking is hardly a viable career for many...

Spheres / NOISE FILM & TV • 3rd July 2024

Interview with Spheres director Daniel Zimmermann

"The camera's constant rotation creates an enduring, almost suction-like effect that gently takes the audience on a journey..."

Okurimono / NOISE FILM & TV • 15th April 2024

Okurimono - An interview with director Laurence Lévesque

"The landscapes represent intimate memories of Noriko's childhood, but they are also bearers of history, timeless witnesses to the horrors of the past..."

Fragments of Ice / NOISE FILM & TV • 11th April 2024

Fragments of Ice - An interview with director Maria Stoianova

"When making the film, I imagined the video fragments as 'fragments of ice': they melted when getting a new impulse, a rethinking..."

True Story • 4th April 2024

A conversation with director Maksym Melnyk

"I wasn’t a fly on the wall in this film, but it was also important for me not to be an elephant in a porcelain shop..."

International Documentary Association • 14th March 2024

“Transcending Mere Political Analysis”: Midi Z Discusses The Clinic

Known for lensing candid portrayals of people often living on the margins of society...

True Story • 28th May 2023

A conversation with director Michael Borodin

'100% cotton' is a sign of quality—it is natural, eco-friendly and comfortable. But what is behind this label can be disconcerting...

International Documentary Association • 27th October 2021

Jihlava Film Festival at 25: Conversation with Marek Hovorka

Conceived by a group of high school students in 1997, the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival marks its 25th anniversary this year...

International Documentary Association • 7th May 2020

Documentary Association of Europe: Post-Launch

As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the world, transforming the documentary industry as we know it...

International Documentary Association • 5th June 2017

'Letters from Baghdad' exhumes the story of a forgotten heroine

The film chronicles the story of a woman who participated in the establishment of the state of Iraq...

International Documentary Association • 7th November 2016

IDA Pioneer Award: Ally Derks reflects on three decades at the helm

IDFA has grown from a small gathering of documentary enthusiasts to the world's largest documentary film festival...

DOX Magazine • 16th February 2016

Experimental composition as cinematic principle

Peter Liechti confesses that filmmaking for him is a process to make discoveries, a way to understand his life...