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  • IDFA Bertha Fund announces first selections of 2021

    IDFA Bertha Fund announces first selections of 2021

    10 documentary projects have been selected for the 2021 #IDFA Bertha Fund (IDF). The films cover all of the IDF regions – #Africa, #Asia, #Latin America#, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, and includes four projects in development and six in production or post-production. Each selected project will receive financial support, as well as tailor-made…

  • In our hands

    In our hands

    ECOLOGY: Watch it and weep: Jennifer Abbott's remarkable, poetic, and lyrical film about the profound urgency, grief, and gravity of climate change is deeply moving.

  • Nature – The largest virus laboratory

    Nature – The largest virus laboratory

    DISEASE: Why our economic system has to end.

  • When maids are slaves

    When maids are slaves

    SLAVERY: The desperate struggle for justice in a country with no labour laws protecting foreign domestic workers.

  • La memoria es un campo de minas.

    La memoria es un campo de minas.

    MEMORY: Un viaje a la vida y experiencia de un ex combatiente en la guerra colonial portuguesa.

  • Hearts of darkness, dreams of light

    Hearts of darkness, dreams of light

    CONGO: Honouring survivors of his Congo's 2000 «Six Day War» seeking acknowledgment or financial compensation for their pains.

  • High priests of climate denialism

    High priests of climate denialism

    ENVIRONMENT: A masterful confrontation with the deceptions and self-deceptions of central climate deniers – and the sinister consequences of their successful campaigns.

  • «We look for films that enable people to navigate the world we live in»

    «We look for films that enable people to navigate the world we live in»

    INTERVIEW: Modern Times Review speaks with The Why Foundation CEO/Executive Producer Mette Hoffmann Meyer.

  • Last stop utopia

    Last stop utopia

    CUBA: After ushering in the American Empire and its eventual revolt against it, Hubert Sauper takes an immersive look at Cuba and its people.

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