DOCUDAYS UA: Program Director Yuliia Kovalenko on the current situation in Kyiv, the necessary adjustments to programming a festival during wartime, the role of Program Director amongst the wider team, and more.
UKRAINE: The lives of ordinary teenagers in Ukraine's Donbas region as they navigate adolescence, dreams, and the devastating impact of conflict on their futures.
ART: With the slogan ethics before aesthetics, a group of Serbian artists collectively looked to draw attention to the negative social trends of the time.
ENVIRONMENT: In a small village in southern Spain, where modernity and tradition coexist, a study investigates the interconnection between humans and animals.
IDEOLOGY: A disintegrated society finds unity, energy, and meaning by uniting around a suitable' enemy'. Totalitarian propaganda has led to the decision to allow Ukraine to use F-16 fighter jets against the nuclear power Russia - with the significant consequences it may entail.
VISUALS: Graphic satire has become a weapon. The first "caricature war" emerged between Protestants and Catholics. Caricature also revolve around Ukraine and Russia, boosting morale within one's own ranks by ridiculing the enemy using all possible means and stereotypes, while glorifying one's own side.
NAMINIA: Dependence on Russian gas, Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine, and provoked supply crises have put energy at the center of European politics. But in Namibia, the plan is now to focus on 'green' electricity where seawater is desalinated and produces hydrogen through electrolysis.
ECOLOGY: On the one hand, plastic replaces more polluting building materials. On the other, we have enormous amounts of plastic waste - 7 billion tonnes of plastic as of today.
KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL: Festival Director Krzystof Gierat on the role of the festival in the crowded continental landscape, the evolution of Polish documentary, and its continued focus on music documentaries.