This year’s edition of CPH:DOX (March 11–22) was as usual jam-packed with exciting discoveries. And unlike the Oscars, which aired the first weekend of the fest, many of the eventual doc award winners, competing in six categories, were well-deserving of […]

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(Check out Lauren Wissot’s Stray Bodies movie review. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Though Elina Psykou’s Son of Sofia took top honors in the International Narrative section back at Tribeca 2017, the acclaimed Greek director’s first documentary, last […]

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Who knew knocking down taboos could be so much fun? With Maya: The Birth of a Superhero, a VR piece that exhibited in the Immersive Competition, first edition at Cannes, and is currently available on Meta Quest, the UK-based Indian neurodiverse […]

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With their keen attention to detail and cinematic vision, filmmaking duo Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw (The Truffle Hunters) capture the culture of the Argentinian cowboys for their newest undertaking. Gaucho Gaucho, shot in crisp black and white, follows the […]

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Multi-hyphenate artist Zia Anger is haunted by an abandoned feature film in her feature directorial debut, My First Film. Also known for her music video directing and performance art, Anger combines memories of her experiences from that unrealized project with […]

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Last year’s hybrid CPH:CONFERENCE at CPH:DOX, curated by The Catalysts and moderated by that multimedia consultancy’s founder AC Coppens, featured the theme “Business as Unusual” – an outside the box invitation to nonfiction filmmakers to boldly rethink an entire industry […]

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“A measurement is not unlike a metaphor. Both describe one thing by means of another… …but anything can happen in the gap between a thing and its description. Between the map and the territory lies an infinite expanse.” Constant, due […]

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A discussion about the future of film festivals was led by TIFF Doc Programmer Thom Powers with special guests Tine Fisher of CPH:Dox, one of the first festivals to go virtual in March; Tabitha Jackson of Sundance and Orwa Nyrbia of […]

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Sam Feder’s Disclosure arrived on Netflix this week, a film I feel in love with at Sundance. At the time I said Feder had made a film that was both significant and necessary. I believe this is a film that […]

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CPH:DOX is what might best be described as a “living” festival. While most big name fests strive for relevancy through catchy branding, the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival is a different entity entirely. It’s a festival animated by the sincere belief […]

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