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MENTAL HEALTH: When mental health and political crisis collide, reflection transforms into resistance.
Berlin
The Empty Grave
COLONIALISM: A Tanzanian lawyer’s quest to reclaim ancestral remains reveals the deep-rooted legacy of German colonial violence and systemic silence.
«Dokufest emerged from this feeling of newfound freedom—the possibility of doing something despite the challenges.»
DOKUFEST: Modern Times Review spoke with DokuNights curators Nita Deda and Leart Rama on their road to the festival, Kosovo’s love for electronic music, balancing local and international acts, and more.
The impermanence of concrete
ARCHITECTURE: Victor Kossakovsky’s high art meditation on the failure of modern architecture, Architecton is a beautiful vision of how stone has shaped humanity.
«l always wanted to focus on the earnest and professional presentation of the films»
DOKUARTS: Modern Times Review speaks with Artistic Director Andreas Lewin on the 2023 theme, why DOKUARTS is not a competition festival, the place of the festival within the wider continental landscape, and more.
The long farewell to parents
AGEING: More people are getting older, but there are fewer to take care of them.
Volker Schlöndorff – Full of hope for Africa
ENVIRONMENT: «It’s about changing mindsets», says Volker Schlöndorff. Jokingly, the German veteran director refers to his new documentary on agronomist Tony Rinaudo’s reforestation projects in Africa as propaganda.
She wrote what she could not live
BIOGRAPHY: Based on the unpublished diaries of Patricia Highsmith, Loving Highsmith draws a vivid portrait of one of the most prolific female authors.
Seven decades of war photography
PHOTOGRAPHY: The pictures of Israeli photo reporter Micha Bar-Am reveal both an ability to turn photography into a refined visual language and represent a constant protagonist in a land without peace.