Acting in the name of human rights has become a criminal act in France.
AFRICA: For those who want to understand the political complexity of sub-Saharan Africa.
Anyone who believes that it can ever be morally justifiable for a country to support a tyrannical regime – even if it serves a government’s own short-term interests – should watch Hissène Habré: Prosecuting An Embarrassing Ally.
Mia Hansen-Løve’s latest film Things to Come depicts the way political engagement changes over time, and neatly joins her other films on family dynamics and relations. Here we take a look at her catalogue of films.
Exile and poverty hung as a shadow over the Cinéma du Réel short film festival
The French city Lussas gathered filmmakers, producers, critics and film-lovers to assess current documentary production, and to follow up its lineage to previous works. DoX’ Maria Tarantino looks at three films sharing the theme of «evil».
The new film by Nicolas Philibert is completely different in form from everything he has done before
Bruno Ulmer’s haunting documentary “Welcome Europa” adds an aching testimony to the list of films on immigration to the “fortress” of Europe
Arte has launched “Faces of Europe”, an impressive series of half-hour docs documenting how we live, broadcast each weekday at 6.30 p.m.
The new film by Claire Simon bears the name of Simon’s friend Mimi whose story and personality make the film. While Mimi Chiola tells about her life, the film slowly takes form as a sort of imagery story created in the listener’s head by Mimi’s words and voice.
