Believe Quote by Balachandra Menon

Witnessing is the essence of being a documentary filmmaker. Capturing moments in time; never knowing how history will judge them.

— Pamela Yates

In all of my films, there is a desire to testify, to interrogate the past.

— Rithy Panh

I would say doing film is all about trust and conviction. It's about believing in an idea.

— Diego Luna

“The filmmaking process taught me that I need to be authentic—in my scripts and in real life.”

— John Grooters

Testimony should be a philosophical problem and not limited to legal or historical contexts where it refers to the account of a witness who…

— Paul Ricoeur

Witness testimony is always flawed. It's better than circumstantial evidence, sure, but people aren't camcorders; they don't record every action and reaction, and the…

— Jodi Picoult

“But witnesses incur responsibilities, as anyone who has ever seen a traffic accident and had to go to court to testify, knows. In the…

— Erna Paris

Filmmaking creates a sort of - trust, maybe. It has led me to a group of people I feel good with. We have something…

— Claire Denis

I take particular care in authenticity and specificity when working in cultures not my own. Every aspect of the filmmaking here was meticulously researched,…

— Niki Caro

Certain favourite roles are played by us so often before the public and rehearsed so carefully when we are alone that we find it…

— Marcel Proust

There is hunger to have good experiences with people. There will be roles and all of that. But the package of experience has today…

— Tabu

I believe every time you film anybody, you create reality with that person - whether it's fiction or nonfiction. If you acknowledge that filming…

— Joshua Oppenheimer