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«Flexibility is already a key element of our programme»
MAJORDOCS: Festival Director Miguel Eek speaks with Modern Times Review on the challenges, programme and approach of the 2021 experience.
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«It is tough to compete with when you’re an independent filmmaker»
DocuShuk: Executive Director Pnina-Halfon Lang speaks on the CoPro Market spawning DocuShuk streaming platform - promoting, marketing, and creating collaborations for Israeli documentary and animation films across the globe.
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Phie Ambo: Art as activism. Activism as art
On Sunday, 19 September, the third day of #Nordisk Panorama# 2021, a masterclass with Danish filmmaker and activist #Phie Ambo# occurred as part of the festival’s industry market events. Ambo’s most recent film, the climate activist-focused 70/30, had premiered at this year’s #CPH:DOX as its opening film. However, her entire two-decade filmography situates Ambo as…
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The forbidden streets of rhythm and rhyme
ART: Rejected by society on its government controlled streets, anonymous rappers seek the sounds of Tehran for both production and inspiration.
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«I am absolutely convinced that we need to leave our own bubbles as often as possible»
Human Rights Film Festival Berlin: Festival Director Anna Ramskogler-Witt on the festival's 4th edition.
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«We noticed quite early on that this year’s films would be a challenge to thematise»
NORDISK PANORAMA: Documentary programmers Cecilia Lidin and Hawa Sanneh on the festival's 32nd edition.
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«The Central and Eastern European Documentary industry is still healthy, despite damages that pandemic may have infused.»
DOKUFEST: Artistic Director Veton Nurkollari on the festival's jubilee edition.
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«Out of 11 bioregions in the European Union, Romania has 5. More than any other country»
TIFF: Modern Times Review speaks with Wild Romania director Dan Dinu ahead of the epic nature documentary's world premiere.
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«We’re born storytellers»
CANNES DOCS: International Film Initiative of Bangladesh President Samia Zaman speaks with Modern Times Review on documentary from Bangladesh and the 2021 Cannes Docs - Marché du Film South Asia Showcase.