This issue includes:

Features:

Making a Production: Artegios Distribución, by Manuel Betancourt The Mexican production and distribution company reflects on its two-decade journey toward stability

Tolerance, Unmasked, by Hugo Emmerzael mint film office’s archive-driven docuseries Fortuyn: On-Hollands unravels the myth of Dutch multicultural tolerance

“Some Have Called This Documentary,” by Vadim Rizov Melania serves its titular subject, its filmmakers, and its financier by invoking documentary’s authenticity

“Unforeseen Circumstances” Features:

Algorithmic Redlines, by Anthony Kaufman Meta’s automated ad restrictions force documentary marketers to guess at compliance—or face account suspension

Main Melody, Private Key, by Kathy Ou The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru demonstrates how “independent” can become an economic designation divorced from political risk taking

Remaking Life, by Scott MacDonald Ross McElwee discusses Remake, which focuses on the loss of his son and collaborator, Adrian

My No-Fly Year, by Jane Mote What happened when the author avoided flying for all of 2025

Festivals:

IFFR 2026: Witnessing Without Redemption, by Forrest Cardamenis Documentaries on displacement and genocide reveal the festival’s constrained relationship to political change

Kolkata People’s Film Festival 2026: Long Roots, by Sudipto Sanyal The 12th edition champions community cinema in an era of state censorship

Columns:

Letter From the Editor (Abby Sun)

Notes From the Reel World (Dominic Willsdon)

What’s in My Bag (Katy Scoggin)

What’s on My Desk (Daniel Garber)

Legal FAQ: Production Insurance (Jamie Shepard and Mark Milshteyn)

Screen Time: Spring 2026: Bardot, Come See Me in the Good Light, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, HERO! HITO! The Road to the Champion, The Librarians, Monikondee, Mr Nobody Against Putin, Queen of Chess, Queer as Punk