The pick of the world’s documentaries

The film-maker Nick Broomfield has scoured the globe for a group of films to include in a special season at the Hay festival. Here he explains his choices - and tells Duncan Campbell why, even after the success of Bowling for Columbine, the genre is not in a healthy state.

The peasants’ revolt

A powerful new documentary reveals the story behind the 'illegal immigrant' headlines. Angus Macqueen recorded life in a Romanian village as its young people risked their lives making the journey to the West. Tim Adams reports

Screenwriter rejects $1m film rights

The Oscar-nominated scriptwriter and author William Nicholson has turned down $1m (£685,000) for the film rights of his best-selling Wind Singer children's trilogy because he wants them to remain in people's imaginations.