Discover the World and Make Films! – This is the conclusion to Mark Cousins’ monumental The Story of Documentary Film, a work that traces the history of non-fiction film up to the present day. The final chapter offers a richly detailed account of how documentary film has evolved since 2020, using the techniques of DIY collage filmmaking. At once informative and liberating, it presents documentary filmmaking as a way of discovering the world and preserving our sense of curiosity. At the DocAcademy event, we will watch the chapter together and then explore the questions it raises: what possibilities does contemporary documentary filmmaking hold, and how is the digital age transforming the genre?
Scottish filmmaker, critic and film historian Mark Cousins combines passionate knowledge-sharing with innovative collage-film techniques. Following The Story of Looking, his work returns to Verzió: the first four chapters of his monumental 16-part series The Story of Documentary Film will be screened at the festival, while the final chapter will be presented as part of DocPro Academy.