Documentary Category

Documentary

Slide

A slow motion marriage of longboard sliding and a glitch track, beautifully shot on a Canon 7D.

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Documentary, Film Festival

LFF2010: Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields

Songwriter Stephin Merritt is hailed to many as the Cole Porter of his generation. Writing alongside his band The Magnetic Fields, he writes memorable,

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Documentary, Film Festival

LFF2010: Home by Christmas

Home by Christmas tells the unique story of Ed Preston’s experiences of World War II. Father to acclaimed New Zealand filmmaker Gaylene Preston, he had

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF2010: Lemmy – Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski

I feel silly trying to write an introduction to a documentary film named “Lemmy,” I hope when you hear the title you instinctively think of the legendary

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Documentary, Film Festival

LFF2010: Ruhr

Those familiar with James Benning’s name would have known what to expect with his new film Ruhr; slow-cinema taken to its extreme ends. Benning’s work has

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF2010: The Tillman Story – Amir Bar-Lev

Pat Tillman was an American football player who turned down a multi-million dollar contract in the NFL to fight for the US army in the war on terrorism. Seen

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Documentary, Film Festival

LFF2010: Benda Bilili

Benda Bilili was the first film I had the pleasure of viewing at this year’s London Film Festival. It follows the street band Staff Benda Bilili,

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF2010: Maria and I – Félix Fernández de Castro

Maria lives with her mother May in the Canary Islands whilst her father Miguel lives 3000km away in Barcelona. We follow Miguel and Maria as they embark on a

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Documentary, Film Festival, Live Action

LFF2010: The Arbor

The Arbor is the unique and captivating work of director Clio Barnard, which tells the story of Andrea Dunbar, Bradford born screenwriter who wrote honestly

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Documentary, Live Action, Podcasts

DN184: The Adults in the Room – Andy Blubaugh

Included in Filmmaker Magazine’s 2007 25 New Faces of Independent Film list, director Andy Blubaugh has made a name for himself with a personalised

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Documentary, Film Festival

LFF2010: Waste Land

Vik Muniz is an internationally acclaimed artist from a Brazilian working class family best known for his pieces using materials such as string and food. In

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Art & Fashion, Documentary

Ungu & Dark Side of the Lens

Today the sea is the star in two very different films that worship the waves. First up Joe G’s Ungu for Globe (check out Transworld Surf’s behind

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