Solidarity?
The West is increasingly being driven by populism and xenophobia, and time has come to exercise disobedience against the state powers.
The Presidents You Deserve
At the 2016 Jihlava Documentary Film Festival in October, five films about presidential campaigns were selected. Here are the impressions, ranging from Kennedy to Trump, of the screenings. Will they help us gain better understanding of how to deceive people – or push them off the edge?
Alarming but hopeful future of the planet Earth
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio meets with scientists, activists and world leaders to discuss the dangers of climate change and possible solutions.
The candidate we deserve
Prescient verite doc reveals the spectacle of American politics in the age of Trump.
Rock music as propaganda
Slovenian band Laibach could be seen as an ironic commentary to rock music’s affinity with fascism. It depends whether its audience made any reflections on this when the group held North Korea’s first ever rock concert – organised by Norwegian artist Morten Traavik.
Who’s afraid of the deep, dark web?
A documentary which explore the dangerous, bizarre and hair-raising world of the anonymous Internet.
The artist’s talking head
World Premiere in Leipzig: A documentary positioned in the crossfire between a semen-squirting penis and milk-spouting breasts.
This week’s magazine launch
Modern Times – a new European documentary magazine was launched at this week’s Jihlava International Film Festival.