If I close my eyes and imagine a filmmaker, a figure appears with a tool in its hands. It’s a long stick, with a mesh at its end. And with […]
Nowadays, subjectivity is a primordial value in creative documentaries. This fact conditions the concept of reality and poses the limits that separate objective truth from the author's vision. We will […]
Synopsis According to legend, “at the beginning of the world once again there was neither sand nor sea, neither soothing waves nor billowing meadows, neither playful winds nor sky, only […]
Synopsis In 2015, Afghan director Hassan Fazili and his wife Fatima Hussaini received death threats from the Taliban. Together with their two daughters, Nargis and Zahra, they were forced to […]
The session will address the possible distribution paths for a documentary film. What models are most convenient to give impact and path to our film? How can festival strategy anticipate […]
Synopsis Ibrahim, Suleiman, Manar and Altayeb, lifelong friends for more than 45 years, left their homeland to study cinema abroad. After years of distance and exile, they meet again with […]
Synopsis Childhood friends Patricia and Heidi grew up in Cuba, where they both attended the Film Academy. Independently of each other, they fled the malaise and communist censorship of their […]
Kazakhstan. Tian Shan mountains. Tuiuksu glacier. Glaciological station in the height of 3500 m. Here, for thirty years lives a woman. Totally alone and without any connection with the civilized […]
Audrius Stonys will be the guest of honor of the 2021 edition of MajorDocs. Using examples from his previous films, the Lithuanian filmmaker will explain what he understands by cinema […]
Diversity governs the various forms of representation of contemporary documentary cinema. Fiction, experimental film, television or museum projects have conceptually expanded the way filmmakers explore reality.
"There will be no more night" is based on video recordings from the American and the French armed forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria... The film diverts these propaganda images and […]
A powerful man and anonymous man has developed an unusual hobby. He buys century-old trees, some as tall as 15-story buildings, from communities along the Georgian coast and has them […]
