Dokufest
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The curse of colonial consumption
PROSTITUTION: How the Nigerian mafia is able to reach far into Europe to keep trafficked women in prostitution.
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Recolonising Ecuador
NEO-COLONISALISM: Ecuadorian indigenous resistance against their homeland's resource exploitation at the hands of China.
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Plastic waste’s journey into the Arctic region
ENVIRONMENT: GPS ‘drifters’ follow the paths of plastic waste from a German river toward Lofoten, north of the Arctic Circle.
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The autocrat’s fatal signature
RUSSIA: A Sundance-winning docu-thriller following the recent attempt on the Russian opposition leader's life.
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Suspended in middair
UKRAINE: A small group of social workers work to create a much-needed safe space for children to live in.
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Documenting resistance through cinema
MYANMAR Pots and pans against bullets and bombs: the story of Myanmar’s rising resistance to the military coup of February, 2021.
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About early female travelers and their travelogues
INTERVIEW: An interview with Courtney Stephens, the director of the film essay Terra Femme, about her work with archival films, female gaze and early amateur travelogues.
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Manifesting destiny
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS: Promised dominion over their own rainforest territory, Brazil's Uru-eu-wau-wau people have since faced illegal incursions from mining companies and land-grabbing invasions spurred on by right-wing politicians.
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Rituals of impermanence
RELIGION: 20,000 female Tibetan Buddhist Monks offer a glimpse into their religious exploration of life’s biggest questions.