GOODPITCH: Where NGO meets documentary
Profit-chasing predatory logging of the Brazilian rainforest, the pollution and changing living conditions of the Faroe Islands, and the violence of South-Sudan.
Je suis Jyoti
The documentary about the brutal rape of Jyoti Singh paints a frightening picture of the way women are viewed in Indian culture.
The treatment of Palestinians by the Israeli military
CONFLICT: Israeli filmmaker Avi Mograbi’s latest documentary has an unabashedly provocative thesis, juxtaposing footage of Palestinians being humiliated by Israeli guards with scenes of Jewish tourists being regaled by tales of historical struggle.
In memory of Marker
The exhibition A Grin without a Cat currently displayed at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo bears a reflected, historical witness to the revolutionary movements of the 1960s and ’70s, through the camera lens of French film maker Chris Marker.
Staying with the trouble: the radical work of CAMP
CAMP wants to challenge the triangular relationship of author, subject and technology, thereby splintering the privileged gaze and our standard mode of perception.
Mads Gilbert – On Gaza
The Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert talks about Gaza after returning from the last war.
Kidnapping of child brides
Screened at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival,the issue-driven drama Difret gave audiences the right mix of social commentary and art-house aesthetics to awe viewers and take the Panorama Audience Award.
The documentary that tries – and fails – to find the souls of buildings
In Wim Wenders’ latest project Cathedrals of Culture, he challenged 5 other directors to delve into the soul of some of Europe’s cathedrals of culture.
Mirror, mirror
Thomas Balmès won the Cinematography Award at Sundance Film Festival for his disturbingly beautiful Happiness. A film featuring characters with no sense of (self)representation, Balmès doesn’t think in terms of beauty.
BREAKING THE SILENCE: “The Army is our national religion”
Over the last decade, several Israeli soldiers have attempted to explain what really happens in the occupied territories. Instead of protecting Israel’s safety, it is all about expanding the control over the Palestinian areas, says Israeli Avihai Stollar from veteran association Breaking the Silence.
The careful look
Art historian Louise Wolthers reflects on the performative aspects of documentary using this issue’s photo series as a case study.
Imperialism in Africa has not died
Following his Oscar-nominated “Darwin’s Nightmare”, in which director Hubert Sauper looks at the horrific outcomes of globalization on the fishing industry in rural Tanzania, the documentarian makes another stop in Africa, this time in a handmade airplane.