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Kidnapping of child brides
Screened at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival,the issue-driven drama Difret gave audiences the right mix of social commentary and art-house aesthetics to awe viewers and take the Panorama Audience Award.
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Imperialism in Africa has not died
Following his Oscar-nominated "Darwin’s Nightmare", in which director Hubert Sauper looks at the horrific outcomes of globalization on the fishing industry in rural Tanzania, the documentarian makes another stop in Africa, this time in a handmade airplane.
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Undercover among Nazis
When first-time journalist Thomas Kuban filmed a Neo-Nazi concert with a hidden camera he was opening a window on a youth cowmmunity that hardly an outsider had dared to penetrate.
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They finally got him
DISSENT: Some of the gutsiest actions ever taken by an artist in a severely censored nation are done by Ai Wei Wei.
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IDFA 2012: Emotions
Music as inspiration and the effects of musicophilia. Can music change people? Yes. Sometimes. Very Rarely. Just like love.
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BERLINALE 2012: The temperature of hate
Known for its celebration of queer cinema, the Berlinale International Film Festival this year carried on its tradition, with both documentary and fiction films that addressed all aspects of LGBT issues.
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DOX LEIPZIG 2012: Homebound
DOX Leipzig screened two films that deal with immigration and deportation while contemplating notions of home and homelessness.
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Kosovo: Shaped by war
As the most successful film event in Kosovo, DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival is helping to cultivate the documentary tradition in the Kosovar region.
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A warning letter: The pyramids of our time
Japan’s recent earthquake and tsunami, leading to the nuclear accidents at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, have accelerated the immediacy of Michael Madsen’s newest documentary, Into Eternity. The scientists simply do not know how to answer.