self plug: I wrote sth for #BusinessDocEurope about the impressive, intimate doc Confessions of a Mole (which includes some fun stop-motion animations), which is showing @idfafestival.bsky.social.

self plug: I wrote sth for #BusinessDocEurope about Marc Isaac's wonderfully titled (but intellectually disappointing) hybrid doc 'Synthetic Sincerity', showing @idfafestival.bsky.social.

self plug: me and Victor Kossakovsky had been drifting apart a bit lately, but I'm in awe of the cinematic quality of his b&w mood piece Trillion – even if I didn't get its message. written for #BusinessDocEurope, viewed @idfafestival.bsky.social.

self plug: I wrote sth for #BusinessDocEurope about Mehrdad Oskouie's (and Soraya's) A Fox Under a Pink Moon, showing @idfafestival.bsky.social.

"Wilfred Buck´s complex life is not just the story of a man who has overcome the most terrible and dark moments...it also a story of how indigenous people have struggled to reclaim lost knowledge, ancient traditions and, crucially, self-respect after 100s of years of colonialism” #BusinessDocEurope

"two relatives who were aware of the couple’s condition did not want the film to be made. For them, revealing the couple’s illness in broad daylight would mean that shame would fall upon the entire family" THE BURDEN director Elvis Sabin Ngaibino talking to #BusinessDocEurope

"two relatives who were aware of the couple’s condition did not want the film to be made. For them, revealing the couple’s illness in broad daylight would mean that shame would fall upon the entire family" THE BURDEN director Elvis Sabin Ngaibino talking to #BusinessDocEurope

self plug: I wrote something for #BusinessDocEurope on Mahmoud Massad's documentary Cinema Kawakeb, screened at #Doclisboa.

"a fascinating, original and disconcerting portrait of its inhabitants” #BusinessDocEurope on KNIT'S ISLAND, out now on True Story.

The film is made in black and white. “All these lives are in the shadow, people without a real life. They work, they pax taxes but they always have to hide in a way and to be very low key,” Peter explains why the filmmakers didn’t use colour.

The DREAMERS directors talking to #BusinessDocEurope

"Jamal sets about immersing himself within the lives of his patients, often balancing bluntness with gentle reassurance, and spending as much time with families of the patients, acting both as mediator and support." #BusinessDocEurope, ON THE EDGE is out now on TS.

"an example of Sisterhood’s formidable strengths” #BusinessDocEurope on ON THE EDGE.

"a wondrous experience, which immediately says everything about the power of memory....Echo of You reaches your soul"

#BusinessDocEurope on ECHO OF YOU by Zara Zerny, out now on True Story

"a wondrous experience, which immediately says everything about the power of memory....Echo of You reaches your soul" #BusinessDocEurope on ECHO OF YOU buff.ly/KW6WNe7 out today on True Story.

"the artistic process is also harrowing, in which emotions are raw and memories of battle and/or incarceration shocking." #BusinessDocEurope on THE HAMLET SYNDROME buff.ly/tT1iUip out now on True Story.

"so very human, and heartachingly effective" #BusinessDocEurope on THE BALCONY MOVIE buff.ly/IKR9aBr out now on True Story.

"stylistically daring yet accessible...confronts us with the complexities of recall and the manifold meanings that pictures can onvey while the war in Ukraine is still raging." #BusinessDocEurope on A PICTURE TO REMEMBER https://buff.ly/3ESI1sq out now on True Story.

lovely interview with Marc Isaacs in businessdoceurope about #thisblessedplot businessdoceurope.com/doclisboa-in...