A human perspective
KRAKOW IFF: To open the viewer’s eye to problems and stories they never thought about.
Rebel with a lost cause
JUSTICE: For almost fifty years, Lea Tsemel has been at the forefront of the fight for justice and compassion for those lost and indefensible in society’s eye.
The big censor is inside
PORTO/POST/DOCS: In cinematography freedom plays the main part. For Audrius Stony, it is more important than any aesthetic criterion.
Hidden Corners Illuminated By Nyon Lights
Visions du Réel: Occupying differing positions on the documentary spectrum, two shorts, Wound & Diary of Cattle, represent the adventurous approach of Nyon’s Visions du Réel.
Is Catalonia in need of fewer smiles, and more action?
DEMOCRACY: With 80% of the Catalan population in favour of holding a mutually agreed referendum, the discussion is not who would win, but why is voting still not allowed?
The key point will be the distribution
DocsBarcelona: DocsBarcelona is growing. Festival director Joan Gonzàlez Herrero says that they also premiere a film in 90 venues every month.
A descent into the realm of torture
SYRIA: Forced to spend three days together in a sparsely furnished room with three single mattresses and a covered window, three Syrian men sit and talk within their makeshift prison cell.
Polish the silver, just in case
BEIRUT: A glimpse into a world of privilege both outrageous and bittersweet.
They need to trigger emotion
Millennium Against Gravity: I am still waiting for a documentary version of House of Cards, says festival director Artur Liebhart.
Woodstock remake: looking back after 50 years
CULTURE: The American broadcaster PBS has launched a new documentary about one of the key events in American modern history: Woodstock.