Berlin
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MENTAL HEALTH: When mental health and political crisis collide, reflection transforms into resistance.
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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.
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«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.
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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.
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«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.
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The long farewell to parents
AGEING: More people are getting older, but there are fewer to take care of them.
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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.
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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BIOGRAPHY: Based on the unpublished diaries of Patricia Highsmith, Loving Highsmith draws a vivid portrait of one of the most prolific female authors.
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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.