Direkt36 co-founder Andras Petho speaks about how an investigative documentary became a rare viral success, what it revealed about Viktor Orban’s Hungary, and what other small newsrooms can learn from its impact.
Journalist Shiori Ito directed the Oscar-nominated documentary ‘Black Box Diaries,’ spending years reporting on her attacker and helping to spark the #MeToo movement in Japan.
Investigative documentaries on AI, political polarization, social injustice, private armies, and the tragic fallout of climate change in Africa.
The Mexican filmmaker Santiago Maza has a new documentary called “State of Silence,” which explores the perilous situation facing investigative journalists in his home country.
The portrayal of journalists on film over the years has helped instil an understanding of what journalism is and what reporters do. Here are some of our favourites from around the world.
While the Oscars are known for glitz and glamor, recognition here bestows a higher level of prestige and, in many cases, can bring urgent or in-depth reporting to a global audience.
The DX film festival showcased investigations documenting challenges to democratic ideals and human rights around the world.
From a one-hour French documentary about the Russian Wagner group of mercenary fighters to a short film about the final, desperate phone calls of a Tunisian president facing an uprising, many of the winning entries from this year’s DIG festival focus on exposing stories about the powerful and what happens behind closed doors.
What does it feel like when Netflix calls to ask about turning your investigation into a documentary for a global audience? We speak to two of the Norwegian journalists behind The Tinder Swindler investigation to ask how they navigated the process and how they felt seeing their story appear on one of the world’s largest streaming platforms.
The 2022 Academy Award nominees for Best Documentary explore a range of global topics, including a forgotten celebration of US Black cultural history, the long-term psychic toll refugees can suffer from human trafficking, and an in-depth look at a groundbreaking investigative journalism project.
