Tom Grater for Screen Daily;

Errol Morris, the reverred documentary filmmaker, has revealed his top 10 programme for this year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Nov 18-29).

Each year, the festival invites an important figure in the world of documentary to compile a list of ten important works of factual film, all of which will be screened as part of the programme.

Top 10: Errol Morris

Here’s Errol Morris’ list;

• Bright Leaves (USA, 2002) dir. Ross McElwee
• Fata Morgana (Germany, 1971) dir. Werner Herzog
• It Felt Like a Kiss (UK, 2009) dir. Adam Curtis
• Land Without Bread (Spain, 1932) dir. Luis Buñuel
• Let There Be Light (USA, 1946) dir. John Huston
• Man With A Movie Camera (USSR, 1929) dir. Dziga Vertov
• One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevitch (France, 1999) dir. Chris Marker
• Tales of the Grim Sleeper (USA/UK, 2014) by Nick Broomfield
• The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On (Japan, 1987) dir. Kazuo Hara
• Welfare (USA, 1975) dir. Frederick Wiseman

They are also screening a retrospective of his work, including one of my all time favourite films, Fast, Cheap and Out of Control.

An animal trainer, a gardener specialised in converting yew hedges into animal figures, an expert in the field of mole rats and a robot technician are the protagonists of Errol Morris’ playful philosophical exercise about the relationship between man and animal, culture and nature.

Tags: Documentary, Film