Tag: documentary

Some films you know little of the plot or much about them at all going into them. That’s not necessarily the message I want to…

There is a deeply unsettling feeling that the truly empathetic experiences when informed of atrocities, regardless of the medium of conveyance. Documentary filmmaking, with or…

Documentaries have long been an opportunity for filmmakers to make a statement, using real people’s stories combined with pointed interviews. The medium has been used…

One of 20 films in competition at the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival is Earth • People • Words, a documentary short drawing it’s inspiration from…

Directed by Roxy Rezvany, this documentary short tells the story of Joong-wha Choi, a North Korean immigrant living in London. He’s a member of one…

Too often I come across the age-old question: What is the point of film critics? Every other month the debate as to whether we need…

Filmotomy Podcast 75 might as well be a milestone. This is a crackingly insightful episode as a trio of femme fatales share their film festival…

One Child Nation is undoubtedly a must-see documentary. I know that this is something I often say, although I do my best not to overuse…

Directed by Olivier Sarbil and James Jones, this sick, thrilling and gripping documentary tells the scathing story of President Duterte’s bloody and very violent campaign…

As you can probably expect from a film entitled Dark Suns (Soleils Noirs), this is a very serious documentary. It offers the viewer a very…

Ever since 2016, the world seems to be on the brink of breaking apart. The divide between the left and the right seems larger now…

I’m writing this a day late so apologies for that! However, I was so tired when I returned back from yesterday’s viewing experience that I…

Ey-up! Apparently, this is how you say hello in Yorkshire. I am currently at this year’s Sheffield Doc Fest. My first ever time coming to…

In 2001, I was twelve years old. When 9/11 occurred I had been on holiday in a holiday park with my grandparents. My day had…