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Loïe Fuller was an alchemist of light. That was clear to those the dancer entertained at the Folies Bergère in Paris at the turn of the 19th century. And it’s even clearer still to those who continue to be enthralled by the many imitators her famed “Serpentine Dance” has engendered for more than a century now. “Obsessed With Light,” Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum’s documentary on Fuller, takes on her life and work with scholarly discipline. Bridging her pioneering work with the modern influences all around us, this wondrous doc is most thrilling as an archival endeavor of all that Fuller created and inspired.

Documentaries on long-forgotten figures often operate from a defensive posture. This artist — their work, really — deserves your attention, and here’s why you should care, they proclaim. From its very first frame, “Obsessed With Light” aims to sidestep if not outright ignore such posturing.

Marcel Dzama on Loïe Fuller in Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum’s Obsessed With Light: ”She really was the beginning of the past looking to the future.”

Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum’s visually illuminating Obsessed With Light (a Doc NYC highlight) has an impressive list of on-camera interviews, which include Robert Wilson on what came first for Einstein on the Beach; Dior Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri; designer Iris van Herpen (Architectonics); theatrical lighting designer Jennifer Tipton; choreographers Moses Pendleton (Momix), Ola Maciejewska, Bill T Jones, Trajal Harrell and Maite Marcos (Shakira); artists William Kentridge, Elín Hansdóttir, and Marcel Dzama; Drift collective founders Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta; puppeteer Basil Twist on Titan et L’Aurore, and theatre producer Jordan Roth all sharing their insights on the significant impact Loïe Fuller’s creativity and innovation has had on them and their work.

Zeva Oelbaum and Sabine Krayenbühl with Anne-Katrin...

Animation, TV adaptations and documentaries among highlighted projects.

The second annual Stockfish Film Festival in Reykjavik, Iceland closed Feb 28 with its Shortfish film prize going to Like It’s Up To You by Brynhildur Þorarinsdottir.

The festival – not to be confused with the Reykjavik International Film Festival (Riff) – handpicks close to 30 local and international films and also showcases Icelandic works-in-progress (detailed below).

Films to screen included The Witch, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl, The Lobster, The Club, Arabian Nights, I Am Yours and Oskar Jonasson’s local romantic comedy In Front Of Others.

Guests included France-based director Rachid Bouchareb who presented his new film Road To Istanbul.

The event, which is a collaboration between professional industry associations in Iceland, hosted a lecture from Son Of Saul production designer Laszlo Rajk, a retrospective of Armenian director Harutyun Khachatryan, script training events and film music masterclasses.

Stockfish also offered industry-focused works in progress presentations of select current Icelandic...