Takriv (Close up): Online magazine for discussion and critique of documentary film
Founding Editors: Ran Tal, Anat Even
Editor-in-Chief and Director: Dr. Roni Dorot
Editorial Board: Anat Even, Ran Tal, Amit Goren, Orel Tuner, Irit Shimrat, Vicky Cohen
Producer: Shai Bauminger
Copyediting: Dana Reich
Site Design: Ifat Raz
Site Code: ShikSite
Webmaster: Anat Zelniker
Takriv is an online journal devoted to the critical study of documentary cinema. It seeks to foster a discourse on the artistic transformation of reality into documentary film, in Israel and internationally. In doing so, it offers critical reflection on the social, political, and cultural dimensions that emerge from these works. Since its founding in 2010, the journal has been committed to cultivating an expansive conversation across languages and borders.
Takriv provides a platform for a wide range of writing: in-depth interviews with influential filmmakers who possess a distinctive voice; critical pieces and analyses alongside personal written or filmed essays; poetic and philosophical texts; and translations of critical writing published in books and journals from around the world. Articles are accompanied by video materials and are available for free download.
The journal is open to writers and researchers across disciplines, including history, psychology, philosophy, visual arts, cultural studies, and more. We invite submissions on the themes of upcoming special issues, as well as essays focusing on individual films or bodies of work. We seek texts that bring new perspectives to key questions – written with curiosity, passion, a love of cinema, and grounded in a rigorous engagement with documentary film as an artform.
Takriv has recently expanded to include TakriView, a new platform showcasing a wide range of works – new and archival, experimental and hybrid – that resonate with the themes of the journal and with the pulse of contemporary life. The platform features video pieces, artistic works, filmed interviews with creators, industry events, and discussions from film festivals.
