Psychedelic frogs and surveillance towers
SURVIVAL: Provocative questions about environment and survival amidst the spectre of global collapse arise from Sundog, a recluse living in the Sonoran Desert.
Permanent state of emergency?
Coronavirus: Are the European authorities truthful about how long the measures will last? Can you lock up a population for 12-18 months before a vaccine is developed?
Warriors of the wasteland
RECYCLING: The consumer-cultural detritus of the wealthy occident yields unexpected consequences in a very different part of the world.
A new film movement on the rise
ENVIRONMENT: Humans are extraordinary in how they manage to isolate themselves away from their problems.
The fishermen’s last stand
TRADITION: 150 miles from Rio de Janeiro exists a hidden community descended from indigenous people, escaped African slaves, and European pirates
Nostalgia for public places
COMMUNITY: In the shadows of Las Vegas, real people, in an unreal situation, face an uncertain future.
Burlesque and carnivorous satire
SOCIETY: A grotesque, unrestrained and entertaining satire on our modern-day decadence and gluttony.
Dissidence and the disappeared
REPRESSION: Through intimate interviews and meditative photography, Ai Weiwei provides visualisation of an unsolved humanitarian crisis.
By the light of a mobile screen
SPIRITUALITY: In the few years since TV and internet were introduced to Bhutan, daily rituals like candle lighting and recitation of prayer now compete with the lure of smartphones.