Ukraine – a debate
One day in May..
Sudan – a debate
What is the situation in today’s SUDAN? Screening of The Longest Kiss (74min), followed by a panel debate with the
Ethiopa
Here you can watch our last event in full-length online – about the dictatorship in Ethiopia, with video material disclosing
DEFIANCE IS PRESENT
Özge Calafato looks at some of the most compelling recent documentary works from the Arab World.
BEING PART OF THE CIRCLE
Veteran filmmaker Joan Churchill was the recipient of this year’s Outstanding Achievements in Documentary Filmmaking Award at Camerimage, Poland’s prestigious International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography.
Meeting your “demons”
At first, one takes The Reunion for the “re-enacted documentary” it’s meant to be. But then things start to get a bit complicated. Pamela Cohn met the artist Anna Odell, who is the director of a film that transgresses genre.
Alcoholic friends hanging out in the woods
This is by far the most entertaining yet touching documentary I have seen in the last few years.
Where to go with the education?
Erwin Wagenhofer’s new film, Alphabet, further draws attention to the way the human species designs its economic and social systems, following up on We Feed The World, about the trade in food, and Let’s Make Money, about the trade in money. As the title suggests, the Austrian filmmaker this time focuses on education.
Sonia’s search for beauty
Losing Sonia is a portrait of a nun, of the church in Ivanovo, and of contemporary Russia, all in one.
Syria – Return to Homs [debate]
Filmmaker Orwa Nyrabia together with debattants in Oslo, regading the premiere of Return to Homs Se film: https://vimeo.com/91612551 Also: –
Interview: Alan Berliner
Alan Berliner is a master of creative documentary and experimental film. Özge Calafato met him in the midst of the Turkish uprising, which shocked him and made him challenge his role as a filmmaker.
FOCUS ON RUSSIA
Russia was one of the main themes at the Movies That Matter Festival this spring. Entitled ‘Russian Spring’, the program dedicated to this complex country combined documentaries, debates and music and it was part of the Netherlands-Russia 2013 Year.