This seminar will focus on the different ways in which innovative practices of production,
distribution and exhibition contribute to the recent renaissance we are experiencing in global
documentary cinema, and to the ongoing perfection of its means of expression. On the one
hand, we will look at how digital technology enables a fascinating encounter between the
fictional and the factual, and significantly contributes to the renewal of existing documentary
strategies, such as docu-fiction, documentary observation, personal documentary and
documentary animation. On the other hand, we will focus on new documentary configurations
made possible, among other things, by technological capabilities that documentary cinema has
only recently become aware of. How, for example, does documentary cinema renew its
interest in viewer-text interaction via the Internet? How has it been involved in the redefinition
of cinematic space and the place of spectacle in three-dimensional documentation and virtual
reality? By thoroughly reading and engaging with academic texts dealing with the revival of
documentary cinema and by watching a variety of contemporary documentaries, this seminar
will try to offer differen