Can we truly be in a “golden age” for non-fiction film while the types of documentaries we readily have access to are so limited? Birds’ Eye View invites a conversation about diversity in form over formula, how filmmakers are making films in their own way, and where we can find them. Taking inspiration from If I Could Wish for Something by Dora García, and other titles premiering as part of the festival programme, this session aims to bring together creatives and curators to talk about documentary as a medium to imagine our own liberation. Rather than a “golden” age, how can we collectively conceive of a de-colonised, de-patriarchal and de-capitalist age for cinema?

This panel will be hosted by Melanie Iredale and co-presented with Birds’ Eye View and participants include Shai Heredia, Teresa Braggs, Oraib Toukan and Elisabeth Subrin.