Nick Cunningham

Nick Broomfield on Boris, Brexit, Trump and his dad (and Marianne… and Leonard)

At IDFA, HotDocs programming director Shane Smith confirmed to Business Doc Europe that the festival’s collaboration with European Film Promotion on the Changing Faces of Europe programme will continue in 2020.

Ask most professionals active within the European marketplace where the current epicentre of documentary activity is to be found, and the answer will invariably be Norway.

Leading Dutch documentarist John Appel describes his latest feature Once the Dust Settles as a “three-act film with one theme”.

It’s big and it’s bold, it’s fat, fun and fearless. And to any detractors out there, including fat-shaming YouTuber Nicole Arbour, it’s 'get a life'.

Head of Industry Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen articulates the business offer at IDFA 2019, and explains why the next few days will be a little less nerve-wracking for some producers.

This year's DocLab, IDFA’s showcase for innovation, experimentation and a satisfying touch of weird, moves to the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam North.

Tonje Hessen Schei’s iHuman offers a sobering, some may argue terrifying, assessment of AI and its seemingly inevitable trajectory towards a state of self-sufficiency.

The prize will be sponsored to the tune of €40,000 by the new backer.

IDFA Creative Director Orwa Nyrabia is in buoyant mood and, it seems, justifiably so.