Film about El Ejido, Almeria’s main town
During the tour of Europe’s food industry presented in Erwin Wagenhofer’s documentary “We Feed the World”, there is a sequence about the greenhouses covering Almeria.
A heartbreaking story
When Norma Khouri’s “memoir”, “Forbidden Love”, the heartbreaking story about her Jordanian friend stabbed to death by her father because she fell in love with a Christian man
Circle of drowned men
«Cercle des noyés» (Circle of drowned men) was the name given to a group of political prisoners whose detention in Mauritania in the mid-1980s is barely remembered in the country today.
A prison made of nature
An unspoilt white beach, bordered by lush green cliffs, palm trees gently swaying in the wind, and huge, white-capped waves rolling tirelessly against the shore make up the breathtaking scenery that opens Paul Cox’s documentary «Kalaupapa – Heaven».
Suppressed people fighting for their freedom
The title refers to the demonstrations on Kalinovski Square after the election on 19 March 2006 where Lukashenko “created” his victory with almost 90% of the votes!
A documentary about the story of Electronic Music Studios
I must admit, I was not immediately seduced by the idea of watching a documentary about the story of EMS (Electronic Music Studios), most famous for its legacy, the VCS3, Britain’s first synthesizer and rival of the American Moog
LONG TERM DOCS 2007: We’re In It for the Long Haul
PROFILE: Michael Apted, Rainer Hartleb, Winfried, and Barbara Junge have been documenting the life journeys of individuals for four or five decades in Sweden, Germany, and the UK
THESSALONIKI DOC FEST 2007: Building a Documentary Culture
The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival brings the world of international documentary to Greek filmmakers and audiences
VISIONS DU REEL 2007: Up-and-Coming Talent
Visions du réel showed a promising selection of films from up-and-coming filmmakers during a sunny week in late April.
SHERINE SALAMA: Reluctant Participant
Sherine Salama was the last person to interview Yasser Arafat, just a month before his death, but it took her a year to get the permission to do it. Her film “The Last Days of Yasser Arafat” was screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival this May where DOX met her.
DOCAGORA 2007: Next-Media Documentary Venue
Documentary filmmakers want to be at the forefront of new media developments and DocAgora attempts to meet this need. DOX attended two of the DocAgora conferences, but first a brief intro.
The trials of Milosevic And Saddam: Getting Access
As the only production company in the world to do so, the small Danish production company Team Productions obtained access to film two of the most important trials of this century: those of Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein.