More than 800 reviews/views now on documentaries and society, from this new European Documentary Magazine (from 1997 up till today).
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A female role model
A new year, new opportunities. 17 years ago, Charlotte Horton left the UK for Italy, where she’s devoted her time to restoring Potentino castle. We meet to discuss the ecological attitude to life, local traditions, democracy and micro-politics.
The Age of Consequences
A new hard-hitting documentary draws parallels between the climate crisis and worldwide social unrest.
The energy revolution
TRUE DEFINITION OF A REVOLUTION: It is imperative to rouse people to take control of the issue themselves – if we want Earth to survive, says Carl-A. Fechner.
Alarming but hopeful future of the planet Earth
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio meets with scientists, activists and world leaders to discuss the dangers of climate change and possible solutions.
Are insects the new meat?
The insects we once regarded with disgust are now being touted as the solution to the world’s food shortages. Can insects really save the world?
Why Submit Ourselves?
Why submit ourselves? Stefan Jarl asks in the documentary The Subjection. Why do we accept a life surrounded by danger – unnecessary hazards, which exist because someone profits from them?
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The Cultural Revolution revisited
Tensions rise and tears are shed while we follow young Chinese actors trained as Mao Zedong’s Red Guards reliving the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
«Someone should see this»
In her personal portrayal of living a life with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or «ME», director Jennifer Brea discloses the public aspect of her private, passive condition and shows how her suffering is a matter of long-standing power relations.
From the old to the new economic world order
By portraying two entirely different Finish family enterprises, Entrepreneur gives an insight into new ways of doing business – with and without meat.
Peeling back the layers of the Israeli-Palestine conflict
West of the Jordan River is Amos Gitai's first return to the Palestinian occupied territories since his 1982 documentary Field Diary., In his latest film he picks up the pieces where he left off – arguing that people is the change needed to make peace in the Middle East.
In the hallway of the Yugoslav past
Hotel Jugoslavija appears as a mirror image of the Yugoslav glory and downfall, symbolised by the once grand and luxurious hotel in the capital of a country that ceased to exist.
Sexism and racism, hand in hand
A timely documentary about the horrific rape and compelling bravery of Recy Taylor.
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Seminars / debates
Sudan – a debate
What is the situation in today's SUDAN?
Screening of The Longest Kiss (74min), followed by a panel debate with the Canadian director Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque and...
Ethiopa
Here you can watch our last event in full-length online – about the dictatorship in Ethiopia, with video material disclosing suppression, land grabbing and...
Syria – Return to Homs [debate]
Filmmaker Orwa Nyrabia together with debattants in Oslo, regading the premiere of Return to Homs
Se film: https://vimeo.com/91612551
Also:
– Cecilie Hellestveit, senior adviser at ILPI
– Middle East expert Kai...
Festivals
Raising women’s voices
Turkey's women's festival may be a drop in the ocean of the poisoned patriarchy that pollutes the world, but its part of a current that is growing in power, pace and spread.
On the edges of Sundance 2018
There’s more that goes on at the Sundance festival beyond traditionally formatted film - this year VR was the biggest buzzword.
Focus Serbia: Fractions of history and the global area
Serbian cinema takes a leap onto the world stage with the programme presented at the international film festival Visions du Réel’s Focus Serbia.
Windows of American culture
RBG and Minding the Gap are American testimonies of truth and power from both a public and personal point of view.
The many ways to power
The Jihlava Doc Festival of 2017 was focussed on political film. Several films took on the theme of state leaders and the election processes that led to their victory.
OSLO: Thor Halvorssen has long been deemed a suspicious liberalist. We interviewed him about dictatorships, his native Venezuela, anarchism and meritocracy – so that you can judge for yourself.
To be a director: Raoul Peck’s films I Am Not Your Negro and The Young Karl Marx were both neigh on impossible to catch a glimpse of at the Berlinale.
As I watched Crispin Gurholt’s film The Sirens for the first time, it struck me how fast the role play of political theatre may change.
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