Monthly Archives: September 2014

The State of the Art, Part II: Documentary Aesthetics

Part Two of the NFB blog post by Jovana Jankovic. Echoes of Victor Kossakovsky’s ten rules for documentary filmmaking – especially number nine: Documentary is the only art, where every aesthetic element almost always has ethical aspects and every ethical aspect … Continue reading

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The State of the Art, Part I: Documentary Ethics

Always an important issue for documentarians – blog post from the NFB by Jovana Jankovic

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“We are not documentarians, we are filmmakers.” Discuss.

Joe Berlinger & Michael Moore on the changing market for documentary Two topical posts in quick succession: first Michael Moore’s 13 Rules for Making Documentary Films issued at the Toronto International Film Festival’s sixth annual Doc Conference in September 2014, followed by … Continue reading

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Background reading

For those interested in the history of documentary in GEECT / CILECT we have updated the Themes section to include Chap Freeman’s history of the VISIONS project since 1993, as well as texts on documentary by Rolf Orthel and Colin Young. … Continue reading

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Registration still open, but spaces filling up quickly

Just a quick update to remind everyone that although registrations are still open, places are filling up. Also we are about to close proposals for “Best Kept Secrets” and the longer presentations on Friday morning, so these need to be … Continue reading

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