INTERVIEW: Michael Apted on documentary getting bigger in the Middle East at the 2012 Dubai International Film Festival:

The transcript discusses the growing prominence of documentaries in regions with limited cinema infrastructure. It highlights the challenges of financing feature films and contrasts them with the cost-effectiveness and communicative power of documentaries. The speaker notes the increasing energy and passion for documentaries, predicting their expansion in film festivals due to their feasibility and local relevance.

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