The staged, the faked, the synthetic, the AI-generated, the dramatic, the polished, the entirely made up. In this year's edition of Tempo Documentary Festival we will deep dive in the fictional and explore how different forms of fiction create perspectives on reality and shift the boundaries for documentary storytelling.
A master of balancing the documentary and the fictional is this year's guest of honor, the Slovakian director Péter Kerekes. It's funny, it's ludicrous, it's brutal, terrible and straight to the point.
Tempo Documentary Festival is undergoing a partial leadership change as Ida Thorén has stepped down from her role as festival director. As part of an organizational review, Cecilia Björk will step in as interim festival director until the next edition of the festival.
We will shortly close the Tempo offices for the summer holidays. In the mean time we wish to inform you about some upcoming key dates.
The 25th edition of the Tempo Documentary Festival was characterized by a high level of participation from both industry and audience.
The winners of Tempo Documentary Festival have now been announced. On Saturday evening, the recipients in Tempo’s seven competition categories received their awards. Below are the names of the winners and those who received honorable mentions, along with the jury’s …