We regard others with hostility, because we do not know or understand their goals, motives or means. Three films elaborates on people stepping out of their comfort zone, as WilleMien SAnDerS sees it. But when it comes to facing the enemy, just facing it is not enough.
According to Pirjo honkasalo: ”making the image is the documentary – the visual aesthetic is the essential part.” AS DOX’s Pamela Cohn comments, she is attached to the logic of the dream, and trusts the simple poetry of images.
American writer and filmmaker Harriette Yahr travelled to the world of food at CPh:DOX in Denmark.
The new:Vision Award is a competition for documentaries that are experimental innovative, reflective – but beyond the limits of reality. DOX’s Pamela Cohn participated.
Making and exhibiting independent documentary in the Arab world is a challenge in several distinct ways. Pamela Cohn writes about two outstanding films from the Sheffield festival. Are they calling for a more humanist, modern approach to being a faithful Muslim?
What is the power of disclosure? asks Truls Lie. Three films – from Burma, from Guantánamo and about Wikileaks – shows that todays “guerrilla” don’t use violence but information as their weapon.
Pål Refsdal drew a logical conclusion from the state of contemporary war reporting: NATO military forces will not allow reporters to wander about in the theatre of war, jump on their helicopters and armoured personnel carriers and ride to the latest battle, as the U.S. did in Vietnam.
Director Azari often uses silence as a tool to elicit a thoughtful response. The subjects talking about last year’s election in Iran, unhesitatingly entrust the filmmaker with secrets.
Notorious uK street artist Banksy opens his clandestine world to the public and reveals the processes by which beautiful crimes turn into lucrative commodities. With cunning slapstick comedy, fumbling public-space invaders become black-clad ninjas, turning the precarious streets of Los Angeles into satirical gallery spaces.
Tamra Davis delivers a tribute to Basquiat with great insight into his work and an artworld flawed by racism and predujice.
