Portrait of an artist and activist
BIOGRAPHY: Laura Poitras’ Venice winner is a poignant and captivating portrait of the American artist and activist Nan Goldin.
IDFA
Located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
IDFA offers an independent and inspiring meeting place for audiences and professionals to see a diverse and high-quality program. The diverse nature of the event applies to the form and content of the films as well as to the cultural backgrounds of the filmmakers. IDFA offers an alternative to mass entertainment and uniformity, confirming that there is an increasing need in audiences for high-quality films that delve deep and urge us to reflect.
Kids Kino Docs welcomes six youth-focused documentary projects for 2022/23 workshop
The second edition of Kids Kino Docs has announced the participants of the documentary development programme for filmmakers. Organised by
The spiral of unrest and power
LAW ENFORCEMENT: In a collage of archival tapes, delve into the stormy era of the 1960s in the United States with a detailed investigation of the period’s incidents and their public reception through the lens of police militarization.
Darkest days of military rule
LEGACY: A son’s search for meaning at the site of a former Argentinian concentration camp where his mother «disappeared» in the 1970s.
Asian documentary forum Docs by the Sea concludes 2022 edition; presents awards
Amidst recovering from Covid-19-related challenges, Docs by the Sea 2022 soared to new heights as it entered its 6th edition.
The power game
GAZE: The mechanisms of exploitation of women as sexual objects in Hollywood films, exposed.
The means to gaze into the fire
WAR: Confronting Serbia’s wartime past and the evil that is still on the loose today.
Unpacking trauma
UKRAINE: The young Ukrainian generation, scarred by war, prepares a play based on the motifs of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Unearthing hidden truths in the Moscow Metro
RUSSIA: A year-long study of Russia’s capital, capturing the day-to-day of ordinary city dwellers and momentous national events.
At death’s door
HEALTHCARE: In the midst of the pandemic, a survey of an ordinary Bulgarian hospital draws attention to the country’s obsolete and underfunded healthcare system.
Tied to the land
PALESTINE: The petty politics of Palestinian persecution – seen through the lens of age-old traditions of foraging for medicinal herbs.
New cinematic form for a better world
DISSENT: The hybrid Cinéma du réel Grand Prize winner follows an all-female gang who roam one of Brazil’s biggest favelas selling cheap fuel.