This issue includes:

Features:

Making a Production: Concord Originals, by Vikram Murthi The narrative content division of Concord develops unique music documentaries

Death by Landscape, by Alexander Mooney Close reading Masao Adachi's A.K.A. Serial Killer, on the 50th anniversary of its release

Playing With Reality, by Dan Schindel Grand Theft Hamlet is the latest entry in the exciting development of films made in video games

Angular Displacement, by Öykü Sofuoğlu Belgian documentarian Johan Grimonprez expounds on the dialogues in his latest triumph, Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

West Lake IDF 2024: What's in a Name, by Amarsanaa Battugla The seventh edition of this Chinese documentary gathering offers lessons on independence and state control

Could Policy Be the Answer? Special Dossier:

Binding Course, by Sarah Spring The Documentary Organization of Canada makes a case for legal obligations to support long-form documentaries

Rising Tides, by SeoYoung Ha The case for diversity mandates in documentary production incentives

Provisional License, by Kailen Sallander and Kelli His Why does archival footage cost so much? Previewing BAVC Media's upcoming study of magnetic media preservation efforts

Could Policy Be the Answer?, by Abby Sun How public policy can address funding, discoverability, and unequal market power for documentary makers

Columns:

Letter From the Editor (Abby Sun)

Notes From the Reel World (Dominic Willsdon)

What's in My Bag (Iris Ng)

Producer's Diary: ChiefsAholic: A Wolf in Chief's Clothing (Kristian Day)

Screen Time: 2073, Grand Theft Hamlet, How to Have an American Baby, Secret Mall Apartment