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9759 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 12/09/2025.

Aleksandra Derewienko  • Head of Sales and acquisitions, CAT&Docs

Interview: Aleksandra Derewienko • Head of Sales and acquisitions, CAT&Docs

"We look for documentaries which touch hearts as well as minds"

The French sales agent’s Polish head of sales and acquisitions gives her viewpoint on the state of the market for documentaries  

19/06/2023 | Sunny Side of the Doc 2023

Chicken for Linda! comes out on top at Annecy

Chicken for Linda! comes out on top at Annecy

Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s film has taken home the Cristal for a Feature Film, while Áron Gauder's Four Souls of Coyote and Pablo Berger's Robot Dreams also got some love  

19/06/2023 | Annecy 2023 | Awards

Mathieu Béjot  • Director of Strategy and Development, Sunny Side of the Doc

Interview: Mathieu Béjot • Director of Strategy and Development, Sunny Side of the Doc

"One major trend in the documentary format is changing people’s outlooks"

The event’s strategy and development director chatted to us about the 34th edition of the gathering, decrypting trends in the market and in documentary funding  

16/06/2023 | Sunny Side of the Doc 2023

Jérémie Périn  • Director of Mars Express

Interview: Jérémie Périn • Director of Mars Express

"I wanted people to be in that world, as if they’d been teleported there"

The French director spoke to us about his first feature film, set against a backdrop of Martian colonisation and is competing in Annecy after its initial unveiling in Cannes  

15/06/2023 | Annecy 2023

Review: Rose and the Stone Troll

Review: Rose and the Stone Troll

The feature debut from Karla Nor Holmbäck is a charming film that will delight very young audiences and be a rejuvenating balm for the adults  

15/06/2023 | Annecy 2023

Review: Mars Express

Review: Mars Express

Jérémie Périn successfully explores the frontier between science-fiction and crime in a thrilling first feature film set against a backdrop of artificial intelligence and Martian colonisation  

14/06/2023 | Annecy 2023

Review: Toldi

Review: Toldi

Co-directed by Lajos Csákovics, this adaptation of a famous, epic Magyar poem was Hungarian master of animation Marcell Jankovics’ final film, ahead of his passing in 2021  

14/06/2023 | Annecy 2023

Review: Chicken for Linda!

Review: Chicken for Linda!

Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach deliver a dizzying, playful, joyous and moving work about the revolutionary power of childhood  

13/06/2023 | Annecy 2023

Áron Gauder • Director of Four Souls of Coyote

Interview: Áron Gauder • Director of Four Souls of Coyote

"We should live environmentally responsible lives and respect Mother Nature"

The Hungarian filmmaker explains why he has placed American Indian cosmogony centre stage in his new film, which is competing in Annecy where the director previously triumphed in 2005  

12/06/2023 | Annecy 2023

Annecy’s Work in Progress sidebar to present 18 titles

Annecy’s Work in Progress sidebar to present 18 titles

Adapted from Amélie Nothomb’s novel, Little Amelie or The Character of Rain steals focus among the selection  

09/06/2023 | Annecy 2023 | Mifa

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