Watch Docs 2023: the complete winners
The 23rd #WATCH DOCS# International Film Festival celebrated 20 Days in Mariupol by Mstyslav Chernov as its winning film. Lauded
Keeping the idea of justice alive
RUSSIA: The Russian lawyers defending prisoners of conscience, who face persecution in Putin’s regime for upholding justice and human rights.
Grief in close-up
WAR: A loving reconstruction of a war hero’s human aura as a counterpoint to mere martyrdom and anonymous statistics.
The media and Corbyn
POLITICS: What was the biggest obstacle for Jeremy Corbyn, as he was close to winning the elections – becoming the prime minister of Britain today? A smear campaign and stamps as ‘the stooge of Russia’ or ‘antisemite’?
First attack, then think: digging up the ocean grounds
ECOLOGY: Exposing the catastrophic consequences of deep-sea mining on marine ecosystems.
dok.incubator calls for documentaries in rough cut stage
Dok.incubator is accepting submissions for its 2024 workshop, targeting feature-length documentaries at the rough-cut stage. Filmmakers have until January 25,
When violence becomes the only way
POWER: According to Hannah Arendt, the use of violence, weapons, and bombs renders us politically voiceless. Can her particular analyses of power teach us anything about the violence being perpetrated from and in Gaza today?
We can all be like Paul
PASOLINI: The apostle Paul shows the revolutionary power of fighting for a cause that defies the usual course of contemporary life. Paul becomes the symbol for creating a new reality and defeating hegemonic power. But can we imagine there is a Paul in Israel today?
Citizen journalists
GAZA: Sheikh Jarrah describes how the Israeli authorities subsequently sought to silence the journalists. Here is a topical book – in connection with the murdered journalists in Gaza. The democratic function of the media is not always so democratic.