Fresh perspectives from Oberhausen
The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen offers an oasis of innovative, experimental and artistic film.
Czech newcomers excel in excavating the past
Despite a Slovakian sweep at the Finále in Plzeň this year, two Czech newcomers stood out from the crowd.
Godard and the authenticity of the fragment
In his latest film The Image Book, Godard demands a «revolution in the revolution», calling for the subject to constitute his own law against the society, which – according to Godard – is nothing other than a constellation of organised crime.
A time for everything and nothing
When our faith in grand narratives erodes as our lives become increasingly hectic, time itself loses its direction and meaning.
Animal justice meets human justice
Two of the films presented at this year’s Belgian DocVille Documentary Film Festival, remind us about the continuing violation of justice – may it be animal or human injustice.
Life without thought
A past to present look at big tech’s influence over society and how we can fight their pervasive power.
A moral duty to tell
Israeli lawyer Michael Sfard presents a new take on human rights battles within the occupied Palestinian territories.
An unscrupulous empire about to fall
In his new book, Alfred W. McCoy collects his multiple analyses of the US as an empire, and describes how violence practiced in the periphery will accompany you all the way home.
Cash and corpses in Sarkozy’s wake
The French journalists Arfi and Laske investigate the real reasons behind the bombing of Libya in 2011.
Digging up the genetic past
In Genesis 2.0 we follow Siberian tusk hunters uncovering animal bodies from the Siberian permafrost. If only one living cell could be recovered – the artificial reconstruction of a living mammoth would become possible.
A nuanced take on Boko Haram
During the past three years, Hilary Matfess has interviewed a number of women who have been freed from Boko Haram captivity in northern Nigeria. She challenges the reader to take a more nuanced view of the group.
Madness as seen from the inside
Damian Nenadić’s first feature length documentary is a raw revelation of psychiatric illness in Croatia, using footage shot solely by the protagonists themselves.