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Here you'll find those all-important filmmaking resources, from release forms and copyright agreements to documentary associations around the world.

You can also read interviews with filmmakers, reviews of the latest documentaries to be released in UK cinemas, and features on the big things happening in the documentary world.

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Winter Soldier by Claire Fowler in Doc Reviews In a recent Observer article, Nick Fraser of BBC’s Storyville discusses whether documentary truly has the power to effect change in the world. This is a fairly tall order for film, but if any could address current attitudes towards war, then it is perhaps Winter Soldier...
Tovarisch: I Am Not Dead by Leung Wing-Fai in Doc Reviews A fascinating human story about an enigmatic man that deserves its place amongst similar documentaries about the Second World War.
Documentaries....And How To Make Them in Books Documentaries are more popular now than ever before, increasingly prevalent both in cinemas and on TV. And with affordable equipment on the market, there’s no better time to learn the nuts and bolts of documentary filmmaking. From the development of your initial idea to screening your finished film for an audience, this book tells you all your need to know about the craft.
How to get Ahead in Documentary - A DFG Guide by DFG in Articles Here the collective expertise of DFG is pooled into one handy guide to getting started in the world of docs.
A Great Master Recaptured by Ellie Bramley in Doc Reviews This film gives us an informative look into the culture of Beijing opera and Mei LanFang whose emotive and exquisite hand movements that Brecht called his “finger-acting” earned him a place as one of the most famous Beijing opera artists in modern history.
DFG Graduate Success Story: Where Angels Fear to Tread by Frances Harper in Articles DFG graduate Frances Harper has written about her whirlwind experience of the past year, in which after attending a DFG "Writing and Pitching Your Proposal" course, she went on to produce a half-hour documentary for the BBC.
We Are Together by Ellie Bramley in Doc Reviews Music takes centre stage in this poignant story about the orphans of Agape children’s home in South Africa.
Interview with Tanaz Eshaghian in Articles The Iranian-American director of Transsexual in Iran, a film about a gender reassignment clinic in Tehran, talks about the experience of filming a highly controversial subject in a notoriously difficult climate.
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens by Michael Clarke in Doc Reviews A raw, compelling, and most of all inspiring film, which turns the lens 180 degrees around, to look at the life of celebrated the American photographer.
Our Daily Bread by Phil Moore in Doc Reviews Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s extraordinary documentary is both a formally bold and politically subtle film about contemporary Europe’s vast agricultural/industrial achievement.