are at the top of their game. Along with tremendous talent, each helmer possesses what every successful documentarian needs — business savvy — which in turn has allowed them to experience continued success over many years. The trio also has what most documentarians desire — clout and final cut.
“The celebratory nature of festivals is awesome,” says Gibney. “It’s one of the reasons you make movies.” “Coming out of COVID, the question is, who is going to the festivals?,” he says. “Are people going to go to the festivals? I hope they do, and I hope buyers go. But it remains to be seen how festivals are going to work in the future as a market.”
The rocky landscape for documentaries has made the competition fierce for a slot at top-tier festivals like TIFF. Increasingly, festivals have become the only place where many docs made by new and experienced directors will screen, thus making the presence of docs commissioned by conglomerates a thorny subject.
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