The devil is in the distractions
Solitude is an occasionally interesting reflection on the many qualities of loneliness in a time where we’re almost always connected with others.
Useful idiots
Sergei Loznitsa’s most recent film contrasts the sombre with the celebratory at the yearly pro-Russia gathering on Victory Day at the Soviet Memorial in Berlin.
Varoufakis’ magical realism
By cutting the principles of capitalism to the bone and by using language that is straightforward, Yanis Varoufakis pulls out the essence of modern economy.
Focus Serbia: Fractions of history and the global area
Serbian cinema takes a leap onto the world stage with the programme presented at the international film festival Visions du Réel’s Focus Serbia.
A cross section of Belgian high-rise existence
Rabot is a showcase of pure and brilliant social realism thatoffers a remarkable portrait of the Rabotresidents living at the margins of society in Ghent.
Beautiful miners
Ben Russell’s latest experimental documentary studies the men that labour in the copper and gold mines of Serbia and Suriname.
Portrait of a Ghanaian child porter
Thousands of Ghanaian girls as young as six are systematically sent away from their impoverished rural homes to the capital to scrape together a few pennies – burdened with loads that could break the back of a strong adult.
The power and growth of surveillance
Democracy is at stake as the surveillance industry gains influences in the life of private citizens. But the protection of privacy still seems possible.