Barak Heymann of the Heymann Brothers, makers of multi award wining Mr Gaga, Who's Gonna Love Me Now? and High Maintenance, discusses films, stories and the complex art of documentary. Recorded via Zoom. Website: www.heymannfilms.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedocumentarypodcasts/message

Cinema verité legend Albert Maysles of the Maysles Borthers. Creator of Salesman, Grey Gardens, Gimme Shelter and many more... Recorded at a crowded bar at the Sheffield Documentary International Film Festival in June 2011. Films: http://mayslesfilms.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedocumentarypodcasts/message

“A simple work of genius. I have never seen a feature film like this. The dogs are not being used by the human filmmakers to tell a human story — we are here to let the dogs tell us their story, even if we haven't a clue what's going on inside their heads.” Michael Moore Whether through bustling streets or decrepit ruins, the gaze of three stray dogs provides a window into the overlooked corners of Turkish society. Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal lead us on inconspicuous journeys throughout Istanbul, allowing for unusual and unvarnished portraits of human and canine life. Through the eyes of three stray dogs wandering the streets of Istanbul, STRAY explores what it means to live as a being without status or security. As they search for food and shelter, Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal embark on inconspicuous journeys through Turkish society that allow us an unvarnished portrait of human life — and their own canine culture. Zeytin, fiercely independent, embarks on solitary adventures through the city at night; Nazar, nurturing and protective, easily befriends the humans around her; while Kartal, a shy puppy living on the outskirts of a construction site, finds refuge with the security guards who care for her. The disparate lives of Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal intersect when they each form intimate bonds with a group of young Syrians who share the streets with them. Whether they lead us into bustling streets or decrepit ruins, the gaze of these strays act as windows into the overlooked corners of society: women in loveless marriages, protesters without arms, refugees without sanctuary. The film is a critical observation of human civilization through the unfamiliar gaze of dogs and a sensory voyage into new ways of seeing. Recorded via Zoom. Winner of Jury Prize: Best International Feature Film at Hot Docs International Film Festival 2020. Screened at CPH:DOX 2021. Film: https://dogwoof.com/stray Website: https://www.elizabeth-lo.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedocumentarypodcasts/message

A musicologist investigates the link between Nazi manipulation and all the music we listen to today. Does the obscure theory hold true? Why did the Nazis change the standard frequency of the tone A from 432 to 440 Hertz? A curious historical footnote turns out to have the most unexpected ramifications, as long as you approach it with an open mind. And that is exactly what Norwegian documentary veteran Gunnar Hall Jensen does, as he investigates the strange theory in the company of musicologist and singer Laurie Amat. Sound is both information and emotions – precisely what the Nazis dreamed of controlling. They imagined that their new tone standards would make the masses aggressive and easy to manipulate. Today, 440 Hz is the standard for all music we listen to. What sounds like an absurd joke at first turns out to be something more in a film that follows the vibrations in an open (and musical!) form. Encounters with international music psychologists and sound experts unravel the strange micro-history in an epic format. One thing is certain: you will never listen to the world around you with the same ears again. Recorded via Zoom. Screened at CPH:DOX 2021. Website: https://www.nfi.no/eng/film?name=oh-it-hertz&id=2014 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedocumentarypodcasts/message

Mira Burt-Wintonick is an award-winning radio producer and filmmaker living in Montreal. She is best known for her work on CBC's WireTap and as co-creator/senior editor of CBC’s Love Me, a podcast about the messiness of human connection. She recently directed Wintopia, a feature documentary film about her late father, filmmaker Peter Wintonick, and his search for Utopia. Wintopia won the Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Feature at DOXA festival in 2020. Mira's audio work has aired on This American Life, The Truth, BBC's Short Cuts and The Heart, among others. Recorded via Zoom. Website: http://mirabw.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedocumentarypodcasts/message

The Documentary Podcasts #14: Kyrre Lien Award Winning filmmaker and video journalist Kyrre Lien talks about his film ‘The Wolf Dividing Norway.’ Recorded via Zoom. The Wolf Dividing Norway: https://www.theguardian.com/film/ng-interactive/2020/dec/09/the-wolf-dividing-norway-the-hunter-v-the-environmentalist The Internet Warriors: https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/mar/10/the-internet-warriors-meet-the-trolls-in-their-own-homes-video Website: https://www.kyrrelien.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedocumentarypodcasts/message

Finlay Pretsell talks about his award winning films including Time Trial. Recorded via Zoom. Time Trial: https://www.timetrialfilm.com Production Company: https://www.aparcelofrogues.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedocumentarypodcasts/message

Anita Rivaroli talks about her documentary feature film We Are The Thousand featuring The Foo Fighters which was screened at IDFA. Recorded via Zoom. Film Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mzJNLQ8O_o Crowd Funder Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeV6hjvTR5I IDFA: https://www.idfa.nl/en/film/f24c2ded-959a-46fd-bfed-64a1aa98aab2/we-are-the-thousand --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedocumentarypodcasts/message

Karl Friis Forchhammer discusses his award winning films including 'Ravens' and 'Last Days of Summer' and film influences. Recorded via Zoom. Website: https://www.karlforchhammer.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedocumentarypodcasts/message

Kurdish award winning filmmaker, author and former journalist Mizgin Arslan discusses her films and philosophy of storytelling. I Flew You Stayed: https://vimeo.com/123218002 Website: https://www.mizginarslan.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedocumentarypodcasts/message