A showcase of the best DOCUMENTARY Films in the world today: BEST Feature Film: FEMININE SINGULARBEST Short Film: THE EXAMINED LIFEBEST Story: THE RAZOR’S EDGEBEST Direction: THE SECRET OF PREHISTORIC MOTHERS SEE FULL HIGHLIGHTS OF EACH FILM: THE EXAMINED LIFE, 14min., USADirected by KA ChineryWhat is this journey we call life? And what is its… Continue reading WINNERS: September 2024 WILDsound DOC Festival
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HIGHLIGHTS: August 2024 Toronto Documentary Festival
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Short Film: DATA – THE NEW OILBest Feature Film: BETWEEN PICTURES: THE LENS OF TAMIO WAKAYAMABest Direction: GIN RUMMYBest Story: WASTEDBest Society Film: WE’RE STILL BREATHING, AMHARA GENOCIDE IN ETHIOPIABest Human Interest Film: HOTPANTSBest Sound & Music: STAUNCH MODERATES EXPERIENCEBest Cinematography: THE GIRL… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: August 2024 Toronto Documentary Festival
HIGHLIGHTS: July 2024 Toronto Documentary Festival
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Feature Film: AMERICAN POT STORY: OAKSTERDAMBest Short Film: DON’T LOOK AWAYBest Direction: FAR FROM GATSBYBest Story: THE QUIETEST YEARBest Cinemetography: UNWAVERINGBest Science & Nature: UNTYPICALBest Human Interest Film: O palhaço que há em nós See info for each film: FAR FROM GATSBY, 90min.,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: July 2024 Toronto Documentary Festival
HIGHLIGHTS: June 2024 Toronto Documentary Festival
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Feature Film: RECKONING WITH THE WENDIGOBest Student Film: PEACE IN MY NIGHTBest Direction: BENEATH THE SURFACE: THE FIGHT FOR CORALBest Society Film: COMMUNITY INTERRUPTEDBest Environemental Film: THE HEROES JOURNEY NORWAY See info for each film: PEACE IN MY NIGHT, 13min., CanadaDirected by Abigail… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: June 2024 Toronto Documentary Festival
HIGHLIGHTS: May 2024 Toronto DOCUMENTARY Festival
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Feature Film: GET ME TO 21 – THE JENNA LOWE STORYBest Short Film: SOMETHING CHANGED IN THE ROOMBest Mini-Short DOC: CANADA’S UNCHECKED RACISMBest Story: REMEMBERING CHINESE BACHELORSBest Direction: CARRYING A DREAM PERUBest Environmental: RED SEA Brother Islands a Scuba Dive AdventureBest Nature: ICELAND,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: May 2024 Toronto DOCUMENTARY Festival
HIGHLIGHTS: April 2024 LA DOCUMENTARY Festival
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Short Film: S’ÉLEVERBest Direction: IN THE GREY WILD See info for each film: S’ÉLEVER,15min., SpainDirected by Víctor Pérez PelayoMichel Paccalet, a local climber from the Chamonix Valley, shares his intimate perspective of the mountains by reflecting on the relationship between humans and their… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: April 2024 LA DOCUMENTARY Festival
HIGHLIGHTS: April 2024 Toronto Documentary Festival
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Feature Film: SURVIVING TO THRIVINGBest Short Film: SPACE FOR ARTBest Direction: CHANGE MAKERS: The Global Race to Save Our SeasBest Story: GHOSTS MOVING FLOWERS AND PHYSICAL MEDIUMSHIPBest Environmental Film: RORQUALBest Historical DOC: STORIES OF REPEAL & REUNIONBest Human Interest Film: THE FISHERMAN, THE… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: April 2024 Toronto Documentary Festival
HIGHLIGHTS: March 2024 LA Documentary Festival
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Feature Film: CALAMITY & MERCYBest Short Film: DOWN IN FLAMES: THE TRUE STORY OF TONY ‘VOLANCO’ VALENCIBest Story: THE FUTURE OF FASHION FOR ALL: CREATING SAFE SPACESBest Direction: MEKOBest Human Interest Film: INKBest Society Film: HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYSBest Sports Film: EIGHTH YEARBest… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: March 2024 LA Documentary Festival
IN PURSUIT OF SILENCE – What the critics are saying about it!
89% of critics like this movie. In our race towards modernity, amidst all the technological innovation and the rapid growth of our cities, silence is now quickly passing into legend. Beginning with an ode to John Cage’s seminal silent composition 4’33”, the sights and sounds of this film delicately interweave with silence to create a… Continue reading IN PURSUIT OF SILENCE – What the critics are saying about it!
Movie Review: WHORE’S GLORY (2011) Documentary
‘Whores’ Glory’ pulls in a triptych of stories from Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico to document the lives of those working in the sex trade – and the similarities and differences of their situations. The opening third, set in a Bangkok club where women are selected from a glass-panelled “fish tank” is the most coherent, and also the lightest (if anything in this film can be called “light”). The women titter and gossip, playing dress-up and comparing notes, all while being observed and chosen by leering male clients.
Documentary Film Festival. Los Angeles & Toronto 