Complexities of everyday life in Barcelona’s
Sometimes a film grabs and fascinates with a sort of discrete charm stemming from atmosphere more than action and issues. “Work in Progress” is that kind of film.
THESSALONIKI DOC FESTIVAL 2002: Nothing to Lose
The fourth Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival was held on 4-10 March 2002, under the theme ‘Images of the 21st Century’. LARS MOVIN was in Greece and followed the series ‘Stories to Tell’.
LONDON 2002: Designed to Disturb
Festivals focusing on human rights issues provide a gateway to powerful human stories and themes that might be tough to watch but need to be shown and seen. And audiences are ready. This also proved true at this year’s London edition of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. CAROL NAHRA talked to the associate director of the festival about the impact of Human Rights films.
Labor of Love (and Diane)
DOX has received this open letter addressed to Geoffrey Gilmore from Thierry Garrel, ARTE France. DOX tried to get in touch Geoffrey Gilmore for a response before DOX went to press, yet this was not possible.
HELSINKI 2002: The Finnish Touch
Finnish documentaries are highly visible in the European film landscape and for good reason. The genre is respected and celebrated in its own country where filmmakers, television and funding bodies collaborate.
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: Film art
Three children sitting on a sofa. The girl recounts their dreadful experiences from the war in Kosovo. A Jewish doctor takes revenge on a Nazi collaborator. A six-year-old boy equipped with a wireless captures comments from people in a park. ALLAN BERG NIELSEN highlights three documentaries from Hungary, Latvia and Poland, films that reflect our world and deal with strong themes and the memory of History.
MAREK HOVORKA: In the Beginning There Were Flags…
And then they were pulled down. The inhabitants of the small town of Jihlava in the Czech Republic didn’t appreciate the festival flags that were decorating the streets on the occasion of the 5th International Documentary Film Festival last October.
Transformation of the Welfare State into an ally of the Corporation
“Aftershocks – The Rough Guide to Democracy” is the story of two Indian villages versus a powerful mining corporation. It’s a film worth talking about, not because of its great imagery or original creative approach, but because the issues it raises should reach our Western eyes and ears.
Mods Trilogy
The Country Inn is a portrait of Stefan Johansson, a passionate chef who owns a tiny inn.