[ What’s the biggest documentary festival in the world? The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam. For now. Upstart CPH:DOX in Copenhagen aims to overtake IDFA as the top showcase for nonfiction film worldwide. On the new episode of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast, we sit down with CPH:DOX Artistic Director Niklas Engstrøm for a conversation about the growth of the festival in … Read more
[ The Flats, a film about The Troubles in Northern Ireland, won the top award at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen at a Friday night, earning a €10,000 prize. The documentary directed by Alessadra Celisia takes place in “New Lodge in the center of Belfast, a neighborhood still haunted by the nearly 30-year conflict between Catholics and … Read more
[ The story shocked the world 10 years ago: the Copenhagen Zoo’s decision to euthanize a healthy two-year-old giraffe named Marius because they considered it a “surplus animal.” CNN reported on it. So did Le Monde in France, the U.K.’s Guardian and The Independent, and the Irish Times. The New York Times wrote on February … Read more
[ EXCLUSIVE: It may not sound like it from the title, but the documentary Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other is, in fact, a love story. A love story not without complications. The film directed by Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet explores the bond between artists Maggie Barrett and Joel Meyerowitz who have … Read more
