This issue includes:

Features:

Making a Production: PINKS, by Jawni Han Formed over two decades ago, a Korean queer feminist collective “putting aesthetics into praxis” considers streaming and festival success

Sonic Wonderland, by Tabs Breese María Alejandra Rojas and Arturo Salazar put the ineffable into sounds

Fire Against the Wall, by Alia Ayman Heiny Srour, who made two landmark features advancing the role of women in liberation movements, is not shy about being a “first”

The Moment at Hand, by Rachel Pronger For decades, Katja Raganelli’s documentaries safeguarded the stories of female filmmakers when the industry tried to erase them

The Beautiful Mess of Seeing, by Rintu Thomas How Writing With Fire became a reckoning with authorship, the politics of a fixed gaze, and the unstable ground beneath collaborative filmmaking

Festivals:

Doc’s Kingdom 2024: Sonic Diaries From Odemira, by Victor Guimarães A five-day film seminar in Portugal attempts to center listening as documentary practice

CPH:DOX 2025: Current Events, by Vladan Petković Diving deep into the Danish doc mainstay’s standout titles Always, The Helsinki Effect, and Nordic competition winner Walls – Akinni Inuk

Jeonju 2025: Small Sparks, by Amarsanaa Battulga A champion of independent and alternative cinema, South Korea’s second-largest festival proudly tackles the contemporary political milieu

Columns:

Letter From the Editor (Abby Sun)

Notes From the Reel World (Dominic Willsdon)

Legal FAQ: AI Tips for U.S. Documentary Filmmakers (Dale Nelson and Victoria Rosales)

Screen Time: Pavements, Pee-wee as Himself, Prime Minister, The Rehearsal Season 2