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Horror gets real: the limits of fantasy at FrightFest 2019
Anton Bitel picks ten literal-horror highlights at this year’s genre showcase.
Sunday 18 August 2019 -
The bitter and the sweet: British features at Edinburgh 2019
The Scottish showcase is a traditionally a good place to see new work by up-and-coming UK directors. This year, the selection was decidedly mixed but contained a few triumphs and some promising debuts, reports Josh Slater-Williams.
Sunday 21 July 2019 -
“The chimney needs sweeping”: Luke Moody on the end of his tenure programming Sheffield Doc/Fest
As head programmer of Britain’s biggest documentary festival, Luke Moody tried to broaden the vision of the film programme beyond the trappings of traditional British factual broadcast TV. He tells Nick Bradshaw why he quit.
Friday 12 July 2019 -
From the Magazine
Documentaries without borders at Mexico’s roving Ambulante 2019
Mexico’s multi-location documentary showcase takes a bold and questioning approach to the film form and to the nature of festivals themselves, reports Sophie Brown.
Thursday 11 July 2019 -
Animated lives: five of the best features from Annecy Festival 2019
From ponderous pooches to battalions of bears, the latest crop of feature films from Annecy Film Festival combine astonishing visual worlds with engaging stories, further proving the limitless creative potential of animation. Alex Dudok de Wit picks his top five.
Friday 28 June 2019 -
Quick on the draw: the best animated shorts at Annecy Festival 2019
The experimentation possible in short film remains at the heart of the animation festival’s mission and this year, the programme contained excitingly vivid storytelling and innovative technique, reports Alex Dudok de Wit.
Friday 28 June 2019 -
Reclaiming the city at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019
The plight of our cities was a prominent question at this year’s festival, as documentarians from across the world take aim at the issues moulding their metropolitan areas, placing the narratives back in the hands of the residents, writes Caitlin Quinlan.
Wednesday 26 June 2019 -
Six new British docs trying to make sense of our time
How to explore the truth in the age of fake news? Homegrown films premiering at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 showcased some novel approaches to nonfiction, from dance to collage, writes Rhys Handley.
Friday 21 June 2019 -
Reclaiming failure: Zia Anger’s My First Film performance
When the filmmaker offered a live text commentary on a ‘failed’ work at Sheffield Doc/Fest, the process was breathtakingly intimate as it revealed the true costs of working in this industry, writes Matt Turner.
Friday 21 June 2019 -
Wild wonder inside and out at Alchemy 2019
New creative director Michael Pattison encouraged audiences to “embrace the strange” at this invigorating festival where the experiences counted for as much as the work, reports Ben Nicholson.
Wednesday 5 June 2019
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