Short Film News (SFN) - The 8th DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival has organized a retrospective of the renowned British documentary film makers Nick Broomfield's work.

The program includes nine Broomfield's documentaries and he along with Richard
Leacock will be attending Festival as honored guests.

Broomfield's early work followed in the footsteps of cinema verite, influenced by Frederick Wiseman and Richard Leacock. Later Broomfield's style became more distinctive.

DocPoint 2009 also dedicates two programs to Italian and Indian documentary cinema.

Italy for Beginners is a program of new Italian documentary films which show the regional and cultural diversity of the country, and are also quite political in their content.

New India program offers a selection of new Indian documentary films at DocPoint Festival. These films give an idea of the current situation of the country and look into the changes taking place in the Indian society.

8th DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival will take place
January 20th - 25th, 2009.