Where Does Reality End? – A Panel Discussion on Hybrid Documentary

What happens when documentary meets fiction, performance or experimental cinema? In recent years, an increasing number of films that resist easy categorisation have been appearing on the international festival circuit – and as curators, we are encountering them more and more often in our own submissions, too. But how should we approach these works, and where do the boundaries of documentary lie today? This panel invites a discussion on genre-crossing, the relationship between reality and fiction, and the ever-evolving possibilities of documentary filmmaking.