Liberating voices
Andreas Rochholl speaks about his EFM doc The Female Voice of Iran, screening February 26. The film shows the digital methods employed to defy a ban on Iranian women wishing to express themselves via song.
Cinephil closes with Neon on Gunda
Neon has acquired North American rights to Gunda, directed by Russian auteur Victor Kossakovsky and selected for Berlinale Encounters.
Norwegian Sundance hit sold to Neon
Autlook Film Sales has sold worldwide rights for Norwegian Benjamin Ree’s Sundance hit The Painter and the Thief to Neon, who are riding a wave following the Oscar success of Parasite.
Selling Hillary
Dogwoof and US production outfit Propagate announced sales on Nanette Burstein’s four-part series Hillary (screening in Berlinale Special) as the former First Lady flies in to Berlin for the screening/Q&A February 24.
Lisbon in Berlin
When Miguel Ribeiro proclaims the Doclisboa offer to the documentary world, it reads like a manifesto. He explains all to Business Doc Europe.
It’s all in the archive
Archive Day kicks off 25 November with a conference, a sneak preview screening and the chance for filmmakers to meet some of the world's leading archives.
Berlin review: Gunda by Victor Kossakovsky
In the Russian doc master's new film, animals which are usually thought of as meat are here observed as fellow living beings.
Stepping out with Barry and Joan (and Audrey)
UK/US doccer Audrey Rumsby hotfoots it to DocSalon to pitch her all-singing, all-dancing Barry and Joan to interested parties.
City of Sand
In Berlinale Forum selection Victoria, directed by Flemish filmmakers Sofie Benoot, Liesbeth De Ceulaer and Isabelle Tollenaere, we encounter a latter-day pioneer, Lashay, who has left behind a grim past in LA in favour of a new life in the desert town of California City.
Berlin Review: Days of Cannibalism
Using few words, Berlin-based director Teboho Edkins observes the interactions of cattle herders and Chinese immigrant traders in Lesotho, the country where he grew up.
