Books and documents that are useful for people interested in documentary film-making:
- الفيلم الوثائقي العراقي في المنافي الأوروبية، عدنان حسين أحمد
- الفيلم الوثائقي: مقدمة قصيرة جدًّا، باتريشيا أوفدرهايدي
- Making Documentary Films and Video, Barry Hampe
- Introduction to Documentary, Bill Nichols
- Yelo Guide from Beirut DC: www.beirutdc.org/index.php/2015-03-05-15-05-40/funding-guide-for-arab-producers
Advice from documentary directors:
- https://www.annahar.com/article/925125-قواعد-السينما-الوثائقية-ال10-بحسب-فيكتور-كوساكوفسكي
- https://www.indiewire.com/feature/michael-moores-13-rules-for-making-documentary-films-22384/
- https://www.masterclass.com/articles/filmmaker-ken-burnss-top-tips-for-documentary-cinematography#6-different-types-of-documentaries
- https://www3.nd.edu/~jgodmilo/dogma.html
Where to watch documentaries from around the world:
- mubi.com
- dafilms.com
- aflamuna.online
- idfa.nl/en/info/watch-films-online
- shortoftheweek.com/channels/documentary/
- vimeo.com/channels/documentaryfilm
- vimeo.com/ondemand
- animateddocs.wordpress.com/
Recommended documentaries to watch:
- N - The Madness of Reason, Directed by Peter Krüger, Inti Films, 2014
- Workingman's Death, Directed by Michael Glawogger, Lotus Film, Quinte Film, 2005
- Angels Are Made Of Light, Directed by James Longley, Grasshopper Film, 2018
- Man with a Movie Camera, Directed by Dziga Vertov, VUFKU, 1929
- The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara Directed by Errol Morris, Sony Pictures Classics, 2003
- Ghost Hunting, Directed by Raed Andoni, ARTE, 2017
- What Walaa Wants, Directed by Christy Garland, National Film Board of Canada, 2018
- Earth, Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Autlook Filmsales, 2019
- These Birds Walk, Directed by Omar Mullick & Bassam Tariq, Oscilloscope, 2013
- The Cave, Directed by Feras Fayyad, National Geographic Documentary Films, 2019
- Zaineb Hates the Snow, Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, Hakka Distribution, 2016
- A Memory in Khaki, Directed by Alfoz Tanjour, Al Jazeera Documentary, 2016
- American Dharma, Directed by Errol Morris, Utopia, 2018
- Faces Places, Directed by Agnès Varda & JR, Le Pacte, 2017
- In the Land of the Deaf, Directed by Nicolas Philibert, International Film Circuit, 1992
- Vitalina Varela, Directed by Pedro Costa, Midas Filmes, 2019 (Fiction Film)
- Homo Sapiens, Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, 2016
- The Wanted 18, Directed by Amer Shomali & Paul Cowan, GathrFilms, 2014
- Whores' Glory, Directed by Michael Glawogger, The Match Factory, 2011
- Primary, Directed by Robert Drew, The Criterion Collection, 1960
- Risk, Directed by Laura Poitras, First Hand Films, 2016
- 5 Broken Cameras, Directed by Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi, Kino Lorber, 2011
- The Arrival of a Train, Directed by Auguste Lumière & Louis Lumière, Société Lumière, 1896
- Of Fathers and Sons, Directed by Talal Derki, Front Row Filmed Entertainment, 2017
- For Sama, Directed by Waad Al-Kateab & Edward Watts, PBS, 2019
- Samsara, Directed by Ron Fricke, Oscilloscope Laboratories, 2011
- Nobody’s Business, Directed by Alan Berliner, Jane Balfour Films, 1996
- Talking About Trees, Directed by Suhaib Gasmelbari, Agat Films & Cie, 2019
- Allat Haddah, Directed by Nujoom Alghanem, Nahar Productions, 2017
- Judgment in Hungar, Directed by Eszter Hajdú, Britdoc Foundation, 2013
- Nanook of the North, Directed by Robert J. Flaherty, Films sans Frontières, 1922
- Episode III: Enjoy Poverty, Directed by Renzo Martens, Inti Films, 2008
- Spectres Are Haunting Europe, Directed by Maria Kourkouta & Niki Giannari, Survivance, 2016
- Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait, Directed by Wiam Bedirxan & Ossama Mohammed, No Nation Films, 2014