Leah Borromeo

Journalist and filmmaker Leah Borromeo bridges a parallel arts practice with documentary to extract new angles and emotions around factual narratives. She is currently making an experiential feature film connecting Indian farmer suicides and fashion and you can see much of her work in The Guardian, the Index on Censorship, TeleSur English, the British Journal of Photography and the V&A.

Paying to beg at the Sheffield Doc/Fest

From extortionate ticket prices to networking events for the privileged the UK’s biggest documentary festival excludes many talented filmmakers. This is particularly ironic given the democratic concerns of the form.

By Leah Borromeo

/ 10 Jun 2016

Welcome to the echo chamber

From Reuters to the BBC the future of journalism is being presented as cyber-utopia. For many in the industry, though, the reality is of poor quality content fuelled by dodgy ethics.

By Leah Borromeo

/ 17 Mar 2015