#documentaryfilms — Public Fediverse posts

Gaza documentary produced by the Guardian to receive world premiere at Venice film festival
By Andrew Pulver

Film directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the two Israeli co-directors of No Other Land, investigates ‘Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians’ during the war

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/24/gaza-documentary-produced-by-the-guardian-to-receive-world-premiere-at-venice-film-festival

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Venicefilmfestival #Culture #Festivals #Gaza #Palestine #Worldnews #Israel #TheGuardian #AndrewPulver

Gaza documentary produced by the Guardian to receive world premiere at Venice film festival https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/24/gaza-documentary-produced-by-the-guardian-to-receive-world-premiere-at-venice-film-festival #Film #DocumentaryFilms #VeniceFilmFestival #Culture #Festivals #Gaza #Palestine #WorldNews #Israel

Post your questions for Alex Winter https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/24/post-your-questions-for-alex-winter-the-lost-boys-and-bill-and-ted #Film #ComedyFilms #DocumentaryFilms #Comedy #Culture #Stage

Marching in the Dark review – rural Indian widows show stunning resilience as they battle poverty and taboos
By Phuong Le

Kinshuk Surjan’s documentary follows women in dire financial straits whose bereavement compounds their social plight, which they confront together

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/24/marching-in-the-dark-review

#Film #Documentaryfilms #India #Farming #Culture #Environment #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PhuongLe

Disciples review – fresh-faced boys are sucked into a nightmare of extremism in India
By Phuong Le

A prestigious school in the holy city of Varanasi and its controversial, dogmatic teachings are the subject of this shocking documentary

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/24/disciples-review-india

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Culture #India #Hinduism #Religion #TheGuardian #PhuongLe

‘We’re barely above porn’: why would a film-maker choose to make a deliberately bad ‘mockbuster’?
By Luke Buckmaster

With a tiny budget and six days, Anthony Frith directed a film for the studio behind Sharknado – and then made Mockbuster, a documentary about the experience

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/22/anthony-frith-documentary-mockbuster-the-land-that-time-forgot

#Film #Australianfilm #Culture #Documentaryfilms #TheGuardian #LukeBuckmaster

‘We’re barely above porn’: why would a film-maker choose to make a deliberately bad ‘mockbuster’? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/22/anthony-frith-documentary-mockbuster-the-land-that-time-forgot #Film #AustralianFilm #Culture #DocumentaryFilms

‘Why would you want to retire me?’: Novak Djokovic is still driven by doubt
By Richard Deitsch

A revealing Prime Video documentary out Thursday explores the stubbornness, childhood scars and siege mentality still driving Novak Djokovic at 39

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/20/novak-djokovic-wolf-in-winter-documentary-jason-hehir-interview

#NovakDjokovic #Tennis #Sport #Documentary #Documentaryfilms #TheGuardian #RichardDeitsch

Seeing Gaza through the eyes of a trauma surgeon – Stateside with Kai and Carter
By Hosted by Kai Wright , produced by Suzanne Gaber , engineered by Ivan Kuraev , executive producer Jonathan Menjivar

Ten months into a ceasefire in Gaza, Israel and Hamas seem like they are no closer to a real end to the war. Israel reportedly says they will carry on with their military operation until Hamas fully disarms. Hamas has said they will not begin disarming until Israel begins withdrawing. At the center of it all are Gazans living without the basic infrastructure of electricity, water sanitation and hygiene. Kai Wright speaks with two surgeons – Dr Mark Perlmutter and Dr Feroze Sidhwa – who worked under those conditions. The doctors are at the center of a new documentary, American Doctor, which chronicles what they witnessed first-hand while volunteering on the frontline in a Gaza hospital. The film follows the doctors and a third, Dr Thaer Ahmad, in their work on the ground and their subsequent return to the US to tell the media and congress what they saw

https://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2026/aug/19/gaza-trauma-surgeon-stateside-with-kai-and-carter-podcast

#Documentaryfilms #IsraelGazawar #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #USforeignpolicy #TheGuardian #HostedbyKaiWright #producedbySuzanneGaber #engineeredbyIvanKuraev #executiveproducerJonathanMenjivar

Where on earth is Melania Trump? | Arwa Mahdawi
By Arwa Mahdawi

In her husband’s first term, her absences sparked conspiracy theories. This time, she is somehow keeping an even lower profile

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/18/where-on-earth-is-melania-trump

#MelaniaTrump #USnews #Documentaryfilms #TheGuardian #ArwaMahdawi

Waves Turn review – the exhausting, joyful, boring, wondrous realities of new motherhood
By Cath Clarke

Josephine Ahnelt’s gentle but truthful documentary has home-movie intimacy and some incredibly touching moments

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/18/waves-turn-review-wellen-wende-motherhood

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Parentsandparenting #Childbirth #Austria #Culture #Family #Women #TheGuardian #CathClarke

‘Can we accept what we have done or not done?’: harrowing film follows doctors in Gaza https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/17/gaza-doctor-documentary #DocumentaryFilms #IsraelgazaWar #Film #Culture

Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon review – a brave glimpse inside the mind of the Scottish artist
By Andrew Pulver

Director Finlay Pretsell captures Gordon setting things alight with a miniature blowtorch, smearing himself with silver paint and throwing shapes with a bullwhip

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/17/douglas-gordon-by-douglas-gordon-review-a-brave-glimpse-inside-the-mind-of-the-scottish-film-maker

#Film #Documentaryfilms #DouglasGordon #Artanddesign #Culture #TheGuardian #AndrewPulver

‘Can we accept what we have done or not done?’: harrowing film follows doctors in Gaza
By David Smith in Washington

American Doctor follows three volunteer doctors as they try to save lives on the frontline and then return to the US to become advocates in congress

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/17/gaza-doctor-documentary

#Documentaryfilms #IsraelGazawar #Film #Culture #TheGuardian #DavidSmithinWashington

The End of Tom Six review – Human Centipede director delivers one last freaky flick
By Peter Bradshaw

Now living with multiple sclerosis, Six rants about the masturbation film distributors won’t touch and the money mystery behind his horror hit

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/13/the-end-of-tom-six-review-human-centipede-director

#Film #Documentaryfilms #TheHumanCentipede3FinalSequence #Multiplesclerosis #Culture #Horrorfilms #Society #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

BBC seeks to subpoena Trump children and son-in-law over defamation lawsuit
By Gaya Gupta

Network wants to serve Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr after president sues over January 6 documentary

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/14/bbc-trump-children-subpoenas-lawsuit

#BBC #DonaldTrump #USCapitolattack #Documentaryfilms #USnews #UKnews #Europe #Media #JaredKushner #IvankaTrump #DonaldTrumpJr #TheGuardian #GayaGupta

BBC seeks to subpoena Trump’s eldest children and son-in-law over defamation lawsuit https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/14/bbc-trump-children-subpoenas-lawsuit #Bbc #DonaldTrump #UsCapitolAttack #DocumentaryFilms #UsNews #UkNews #Europe #Media #JaredKushner #IvankaTrump #DonaldTrumpJr

Steal This Story, Please! review – Amy Goodman, stalwart of the American left, shows her teeth https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/12/steal-this-story-please-review-amy-goodman-democracy-now-documentary #DocumentaryFilms #Film #Culture #Media #RadioIndustry

Steal This Story, Please! review – Amy Goodman, stalwart of the American left, shows her teeth
By Peter Bradshaw

This comprehensive documentary about the Democracy Now! radio show host and seasoned investigative reporter takes in a massacre in East Timor, the actions of oil giants and a flustered Bill Clinton as it reflects her vital work

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/12/steal-this-story-please-review-amy-goodman-democracy-now-documentary

#Documentaryfilms #Film #Culture #Media #Radioindustry #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

‘Everything about me is good in his eyes’: the women in China choosing AI boyfriends over human men
By Nick Buckley

In her new documentary Replica, film-maker Chouwa Liang taps into her own experience of finding love with artificial intelligence and makes contact with other women like her

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/12/ai-boyfriend-dating-chinese-women-replica-miff-documentary

#Documentaryfilms #Australianfilm #Film #Melbourneinternationalfilmfestival #Culture #AIartificialintelligence #China #AsiaPacific #Worldnews #TheGuardian #NickBuckley

Isaac Mizrahi on stage, style and the legacy of Unzipped: ‘Fashion has no real spine any more’ https://www.theguardian.com/stage/ng-interactive/2026/aug/11/isaac-mizrahi-fashion-unzipped #Stage #Offbroadway #UsTheater #Theatre #Culture #Film #Fashion #Models #LifeAndStyle #DocumentaryFilms

Isaac Mizrahi on stage, style and the legacy of Unzipped: ‘Fashion has no real spine any more’
By Juan A Ramírez

The designer defined the glory days of 90s style with a wit that made him every supermodel’s best friend. As he gears up for a new cabaret show, he’s as outspoken as ever

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/ng-interactive/2026/aug/11/isaac-mizrahi-fashion-unzipped

#Stage #OffBroadway #UStheater #Theatre #Culture #Film #Fashion #Models #Lifeandstyle #Documentaryfilms #TheGuardian #JuanARamrez

‘A horrible nightmare’: the shocking story of the eBay harassment scandal
By Andrew Lawrence

Jaw-dropping documentary Whatever It Takes details an aggressive stalking campaign targeted towards a couple whose reporting criticized the tech company

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/11/whatever-it-takes-documentary-ebay-harassment-scandal

#Documentaryfilms #eBay #Film #Media #TheGuardian #AndrewLawrence

This Is Ballroom review – pulsating documentary tells story of Brazilian ballroom
By Phuong Le

Paris is Burning gets a South American update in a film that shows the Brazilian scene as a space of solidarity and tension

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/10/this-is-ballroom-review-documentary-brazilian

#Film #Documentaryfilms #LGBTQrights #Dance #RiodeJaneiro #Culture #Stage #Worldnews #Brazil #Americas #TheGuardian #PhuongLe

Ancestral Visions of the Future review – visceral cine-memoir is a haunting return to Lesotho
By Phil Hoad

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese pairs his literary-grade voiceover with propulsive, prophetic images to interrogate his identity and that of his colonialism-carved homeland

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/10/ancestral-visions-of-the-future-review-lemohang-jeremiah-mosese-lesotho

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Lesotho #Africa #Culture #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

Human Centipede director Tom Six reveals multiple sclerosis diagnosis in ‘final film’
By Philip Oltermann European culture editor

The Dutch creator of the controversial trilogy set to detail struggles with neurological disease in homemade documentary, after spending six years ‘as a recluse’

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/08/human-centipede-director-tom-six-multiple-sclerosis-diagnosis-final-film

#Film #Culture #Documentaryfilms #Multiplesclerosis #TheGuardian #PhilipOltermannEuropeancultureeditor

Tony Jones: ‘I’m very far from being an activist’
By Emma Joyce

The journalist turned film-maker on empathy, his investigation into animal testing, and life in one of Australia’s most enduring media power couples

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/aug/08/tony-jones-im-very-far-from-being-an-activist

#Australianmedia #QA #Australianews #Australianpolitics #Australianlifestyle #AustralianBroadcastingCorporation #Animalwelfare #Australianfilm #Documentaryfilms #Film #Melbourneinternationalfilmfestival #TheGuardian #EmmaJoyce

How to Feed a Dictator review – what was on the menu for some of the world’s most evil men
By Leslie Felperin

Andrew Neel’s documentary contrasts the lavish dishes eaten by heads of repressive states – served by largely unrepentant staff – with the starvation faced by their citizens

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/06/how-to-feed-a-dictator-review-what-was-on-the-menu-for-some-of-the-worlds-most-evil-men

#Film #Documentaryfilms #Food #PolPot #SaddamHussein #AugustoPinochet #KimJongil #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

‘They slammed their M16s against his skull’: inside the film about Amy Goodman’s fearless reporting
By Dan Sabbagh

As Steal This Story, Please! charts her astonishing reports on everything from climate summits to earthquakes to massacres, Goodman talks about dissent, censorship – and her ‘magic moments’

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/06/amy-goodman-reporter-interview-steal-this-story-please-democracy-now-news

#Film #Culture #Documentaryfilms #Documentary #Warreporting #FactualTV #Media #TheGuardian #DanSabbagh

A Child of My Own review – barely believable true crime tale of desperation and delusion https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/a-child-of-my-own-review-true-crime-fake-pregnancy #Film #DocumentaryFilms #ParentsAndParenting #Childbirth #Pregnancy #Culture #Family #CrimeFilms