Soul in pain
GRIEF: An outstanding piece of direct cinema turned art cinema, offering a glimpse into the human soul at the moment of suffering.
A cruel game by Hitler’s favourite filmmaker, exposed
HISTORY: Nina Gladitz’s film about Roma and Sinti survivors of Shoah has been hidden in the WDR archive since 1982. Reactions to her book show we live in times when searching for the truth and giving voice to the weakest in societysociety causes suspicion, not respect. But simply accepting that such are the times might…
When white is the real dirt
ENVIRONMENT: How Belgian chemical business activities brought both prosperity and pollution to one coastal Italian village.
The sound of digital culture
MUSIC: Three teenagers living in small-town 1970s Norway go on to become one of the 80s top-selling acts, and music pioneers in the process.
Teenage girls, secondary citizens
SOCIETY: Two Ji.hlava IDFF feature documentaries - 'Cusp' and 'Jane by Charlotte' - grapple with contemporary power dynamics and their effect on the adolescent female.
Exploring the boundaries of the human
DISABILITY: Seeing and watching can be done in many different ways.
Save Julian Assange to save democracy
JUSTICE: With the US appeal on extradition ongoing, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange continues to face abuses and irregularities in nothing less than the fight for democracy and journalistic integrity.
An essential historical lesson
RACISM: Raoul Peck unravels the history of colonisation, genocide, imperialism, and white supremacy in his 4-part docuseries.
What happened to Sweden?
FAMILY: After the death of his ISIS bride daughter, one man struggles to then free his multiple grandchildren from a Syrian prison camp.