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Soaring ambition
by Amber Wilkinson
Otto Bell on shooting The Eagle Huntress and the remarkable star of his documentary.
Making a killing, part 2
by Paul Risker
Billy O’Brien on serendipity and the making of I Am Not A Serial Killer.
A European success
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Maren Ade and Sandra Hüller on award winner Toni Erdmann.
Making a killing, part 1
by Paul Risker
Billy O’Brien on I Am Not A Serial Killer and how he became a filmmaker.
Magnetism of Magnus
by Paul Risker
Benjamin Ree on the challenges and rewards of his chess documentary.
Honours for Isabelle
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Isabelle Huppert on colours and cats, Elle and Things To Come.
"These are not normal circumstances"
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Peter Sarsgaard on toughness, regret and playing Bobby Kennedy in Jackie.
Contradictory forces
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Maria Schrader on Stefan Zweig: Farewell To Europe.
A giant on this Earth
by Anne-Katrin Titze and Barbara Kopple
Barbara Kopple pays tribute to Sharon Jones.
One day in August
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Meredith Vieira and Amy Rapp on the 1966 University of Texas shooting and Tower.
Making a splash
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Lara Stolman on Swim Team and getting to know the Jersey Hammerheads.
'The opposite of a victim'
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Julie Sokolow on Woman On Fire and the story of Brooke Guinan.
Elephants in crisis
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Richard Ladkani talks about The Ivory Game and the threat of extinction.
Making the Short List
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Thom Powers on DOC NYC choices and discussions.
In search of Gertrude Bell
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum on Letters From Baghdad.
My Men opens French Film Festival
by Amber Wilkinson
Director Emma Luchini attends Q&A
The art of festival planning
by Anne-Katrin Titze
From baby elephants to Bert Berns with DOC NYC's Thom Powers.
DOC NYC encore highlights
by Anne-Katrin Titze
David Lynch: The Art Life, The Ivory Game, Le Concours and Letters From Baghdad.
Death and water
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Gianfranco Rosi on Boatman, death as a part of life, and the grain of film.
Made In Prague highlights
by Amber Wilkinson
Five to watch from the programme.
Heart of the story
by Amber Wilkinson
Jane Gull talks about casting and shooting My Feral Heart.
Looking ahead to DOC NYC
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Artistic Director Thom Powers on some of the treats coming up.
All the colours of Aquarius
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Kleber Mendonça Filho on madeleines and memories.
"I just wanted to go crazy and stab a guy a bunch of times"
by Paul Risker
Lauren Ashley Carter on Darling.
DOC NYC 2016: early bird highlights
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Citizen Jane: Battle For The City; Miss Sharon Jones!; Life, Animated and Fire At Sea.
The visitor
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Maren Ade and Sandra Hüller discuss work, meerkats and Toni Erdmann.
UK film events this Halloween
by Jennie Kermode
Seasonal screamers to shock and excite.
Mysterious island
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Gianfranco Rosi on the Lampedusa crisis and uniting two worlds in Fire At Sea.
Out of the shadows
by Jennie Kermode
Paul Dalio on being bipolar, Touched With Fire and the power of art.
A little flame in the dark
by Jennie Kermode
Erica Tremblay on roller derby, gender, community and In The Turn.
"I wanted to do something subversive"
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Michael Moore In TrumpLand - in his own words.
Natural connection
by Paul Risker
Stuart A Staples and David Reeve on reinterpreting the work of F Percy Smith.
Behind the scenes
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Alex Horwitz, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ron Chernow at the Hamilton's America première.
Finding Jackie
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Natalie Portman on playing the First Lady in public and in private.
Learning to say no
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Sônia Braga on Aquarius and surviving the red carpet.
Legendary lady
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Pablo Larraín on Jackie, Camelot and the uncontrollable.
A life fully lived
by Anne-Katrin Titze and Annette Insdorf
Annette Insdorf recalls encounters with Andrzej Wajda.
Farewell to a master clown
by Richard Mowe and Odile Étaix
Recalling memories of Pierre Étaix, who has died aged 87.
One of the greatest
by Anne-Katrin Titze and Richard Peña
Richard Peña remembers Andrzej Wajda.
Finding faith
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Eugène Green on fathers, donkeys and Son Of Joseph.
Farewell to a friend
by Anne-Katrin Titze and Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff honours Andrzej Wajda.
Feeling as others do, part 1
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Terence Davies on innocence, sin, half smiles and A Quiet Passion.
Inside and out
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Kleber Mendonça Filho on Aquarius and a changing world.
Stopping for Death
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Albert Serra and Jean-Pierre Léaud on The Death Of Louis XIV.
Capturing the dance
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Sergei Polunin and Steven Cantor on David LaChapelle, family and Project Polunin.
In-between moments
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Kristen Stewart and Kelly Reichardt on Certain Women.
A study of clumsiness
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Kenneth Lonergan on Manchester By The Sea and moments when life doesn't cooperate.
Meet Uncle Howard
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Sara Driver on the man who shot William Burroughs.
Bertrand Tavernier's odyssey
by Anne-Katrin Titze
The director discusses My Journey Through French Cinema.
The return of SQIFF
by Jennie Kermode
Helen Wright on the Scottish Queer International Film Festival.
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