Geoffrey Macnab

Irena Taskovski, founder and Managing Director of Taskovski Films, has been highlighting one side of the documentary business that few practitioners are willing to talk about openly – their health.

Sydney Neter, founder and managing director of Amsterdam-based sales agent SND Films, is going into business with Marilyn Monroe and Joan Collins.

Becoming Black has one of those jaw dropping storylines that you find from time to time in documentaries about families.

Laura Herrero Garvin’s impromptu visit to the Cabaret Barba Azul in Mexico City led to her new documentary, La Mami (sold by Dogwoof and a world premiere at IDFA ).

In Prison for Profit the Van Velzen twins point the finger at multi-national security firm G4S and its dealings in South Africa.

Dutch director Oeke Hoogendijk is continuing her long association with Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum.

When director Yung Chang was approached about making a film on journalist and Middle East expert, Robert Fisk, he didn’t hesitate to take the commission.

A ubiquitous presence at documentary festivals around the world, much loved Canadian documentary guru Peter Wintonick (1953-2013) is the subject of a feature doc himself.

As it ramps up its eco activities yet further, non-profit powerhouse Doc Society is to bring its Climate Story Lab to the UK next spring.

Cinephil boss Philippa Kowarsky highlights the challenges currently facing the doc world during a period of “crazy transition”.