Dok.revue: How to Write About Documentaries?

Explore the backstage of documentary production with experts who discuss media coverage, academic aspects, film distribution strategies, and the influence of film PR and marketing will be examined as well.

Do documentary films have sufficient media coverage? Who writes about documentaries and how? What lies behind the decisions distributors make about which documentary will resonate with Czech media before they buy it? What decisions are made at the inception of the film? Contributors to the debate are: renowned film journalist Martin Šrajer, an academic and editor-in-chief of the Iluminace magazine Lucie Česálková, Artcam Films distribution company director Vít Schmarc, and Cinémotif Films producer Kristýna Michálek Květová who is behind the most awarded 2023 documentary Photophobia.