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«It’s very easy for people who have the luxury of having cinema to take it for granted»
IDFA: Artistic Director Orwa Nyrabia speaks with Modern Times Review about the festival's 33rd edition.
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«It would be a terrible idea if only Netflix and Amazon were left»
NORDIC FILM DAYS: Modern Times Review spoke with Nordische Filmtage Lübeck (Nordic Film Days) Artistic Director Linde Fröhlich and Managing Director Susanne Kasimir.
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«When nothing is certain, anything is possible»
JI.HLAVA IDFF: Festival Director Marek Hovorka speaks on the 2020 adaptation of Central and Eastern Europe's largest documentary festival.
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«While adapting, we are also discovering new ways of doing things»
DOCLISBOA: Festival Directors Joana Sousa and Miguel Ribeiro, speak on the adaptation of the Lisbon-based festival for its 18th edition.
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Ramallah, Tblisi, Tehran: The women driving their electronic music culture
MUSIC: A trio of short documentaries traverse Tbilisi, Ramallah, and Tehran, giving an on the ground look at how what each represents within a global electronic music industry and the women who have made it so.
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«Now, in the midst of pandemic constraints, is the best time to reflect on the essential role of the films, cinema, film festivals»
ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL: Head of Programming Csilla Kato speaks on the Romanian documentary festival's 2020 hybrid edition, its challenges, and the post-pandemic industry.
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Astra Film Festival Open Air wraps up with awards going to trio of diverse documentary subjects
Romania’s Astra Film Festival# last week concluded the first part of their COVID 19 affected 2020 festival. In splitting the Sibiu-based film festival’s 27th year into two sessions, the first, Astra Open Air, ran from 4 – 13 September in and around the historical city of Sibiu. Our Communications Manager, Steve Rickinson, was honoured to…
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Life in the Delta
COMMUNISM: The extensive history of Bucharest's Văcăreşti Nature Park has endured many iterations, from monastery to prison to the world's largest urban Delta.
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«I’m looking for stories and characters that make the viewer feel lucky to have chosen them»
TIFF: Ahead of the 19th Transilvania International Film Festival, which occurs 31 July - 9 August 2020, Modern Times Review spoke with both Artistic Director Mihai Chirilov and What's Up, Doc? section programmer Ana Maria Sandu.