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A thoughtful, engaging and gentle examination of the delicate relationship between patient and healer, Les Guérisseurs hits a much-needed tone of compassion and understanding that seems highly appropriate in these pandemic times.

Advocacy bodies ICFR, Freemuse, ARC and PEN America issue joint statement April 16 demanding the immediate release of artists from the filmmaking community, recently arrested in Myanmar, including director Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi and actors Ye Tike, Paing Takhon, Phway Phway and Ko Ye Dike.

Though rooted in a very specific time and place (Belarus, 2020), director Paluyan has managed to make his documentary seem timeless, almost absolute.

A documentary which manages the seemingly impossible feat of merging myth and actuality, thereby becoming mythological itself without diminishing the impact of its factual reporting on the disappearing reindeer and reappearing mammoths of the Siberian tundra.

An enthralling and clever deep-dive into the oddly surreal - and also rather worrying – retirement area of Florida called simply ‘The Villages’.

The film, described as “a deep dive into two scientists’ quest to communicate with humpback whales and unravel the mystery of why they sing,” will premiere globally Friday, June 25 on Apple TV+.

Visions du Réel will open its doors to the general public from Thursday 22 April to festival end on April 25. Over four days, the Festival will hold around 50 public screenings, showcasing films from the International, Burning Lights, National and Grand Angle Competitions.

Participants at Ji.hlava IDFF’s EMERGING PRODUCERS 2021 platform will brainstorm the opportunities thrown up in a post-Covid world in a public online discussion April 16. Meanwhile, the fest calls for ‘US Docs in the Spotlight’ projects and Central/Eastern Europe projects for Docu Talents from the East @Sarajevo FF.

Louis Theroux has the charm, humour and intelligence to offer an alternative insight into a story that remains weird, worrying and at times extremely wild.

The IDFA Bertha Fund (IBF) awards €30,000 in distribution support to The Earth Is Blue as an Orange, the award-winning film from Ukrainian director Iryna Tsilyk. The grant will boost the film’s upcoming release in Ukraine, Lithuania, and the Western Balkans.