IDFA announces Amsterdam cinema for year-round documentary activities
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) has always been a hub for documentary filmmakers, industry professionals, and audiences from
GoEast announces opening film, competition titles for 2023 festival
goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film is returning for its 23rd edition, from April 26 to May
The end – and beginning – of history
ALBANIA: The country’s transformation was fraught with difficulties. On the altar of freedom, factories went bankrupt, jobs disappeared, and thousands fled to Italy on overcrowded ships.
The caricature and the role of satire in information warfare
VISUALS: Graphic satire has become a weapon. The first “caricature war” emerged between Protestants and Catholics. Caricature also revolve around Ukraine and Russia, boosting morale within one’s own ranks by ridiculing the enemy using all possible means and stereotypes, while glorifying one’s own side.
What tricks does the Catholic right have to define itself as the centre of Europe
THE WEST: European culture is «characterized by a melancholic feeling due to its alienation or inferiority towards a source that evokes a nostalgic feeling.» Really?
When the world is really on fire
EU: Europe never became an adult or responsible player in a multipolar world. A common foreign and security policy has never gone beyond the sketch. Will it happen now?
Green electricity from Africa
NAMINIA: Dependence on Russian gas, Putin’s war of aggression in Ukraine, and provoked supply crises have put energy at the center of European politics. But in Namibia, the plan is now to focus on ‘green’ electricity where seawater is desalinated and produces hydrogen through electrolysis.
A logical consequence of the Cold War?
RUSSIA: M.E. Sarotte demonstrates thorough knowledge of the Cold War – and today’s horrific continuation of it.
The long farewell to parents
AGEING: More people are getting older, but there are fewer to take care of them.