In an era when documentary storytelling often gravitates toward clear arcs of downfall and redemption, Glen Fulthorpe’s No Two Ways deliberately chooses a more patient and reflective path. The film follows Biggy, a British-Iraqi man attempting to rebuild his life while confronting the lingering effects of racial profiling, past mistakes, and the responsibilities of faith and fatherhood. Rather than constructing a dramatic narrative of transformation, the film lingers in the

In the noisy basements and small venues of Portland’s underground music scene, a band called Ogre has built a reputation for turning every show into something closer to a communal ritual than a concert. When the band performs, audiences aren’t just spectators—they become part of the experience. Filmmaker Justin Boswick wanted to capture that energy on film. His short documentary The Ogre follows the three-member band—Ace, Grace, and Nils—as they prepare for their biggest s

In Beproeven , Belgian filmmaker Karlijn Reynaerts invites us into a world where something as ordinary as food becomes an overwhelming confrontation. Rather than explaining Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) through diagnosis or narrative exposition, the film chooses a far more daring path: it immerses the viewer in the sensory and emotional reality of the condition. Fragmented imagery, distorted close-ups, rhythmic editing, and an acutely controlled soundsca

I watched Inferior Shadows during the Doc.Berlin Documentary Film Festival. When the credits stopped rolling, no one moved. No applause, no murmurs—just a room full of people looking at each other, quietly aware that we had witnessed something rare. The film is beautifully shot, but brutally so; tender in its attention, devastating in what it reveals. Long after the screening, its images stayed with me. It felt necessary to speak with the filmmaker Ramin Khalighi —not to de

In The Discoverer of the Discoverers , Scandinavian filmmaker C. S. Nicholson ventures into the thorny terrain of colonial legacy,...

In the midst of the turbulent 1970s, Italy was a battleground for ideologies, where the clash between communism and capitalism reached...