Watch Docs announces full programme for 23rd Human Rights Film Festival
The 23rd edition of the International Film Festival #WATCH DOCS#. Human Rights in Film is set to kick off on
Kim Longinotto
«We want to foster and support the non-fiction community on both sides of the Irish border»
DOCS IRELAND: Head of Industry & Marketplace Roisin Geraghty on the secrets to a well-rounded festival industry event, this year’s programme, the legacy of Irish documentary.
Observational cinema
THESSALONIKI: What is an observational style really – an old fashion or giving films something they lost?
Taskovski Film Training welcomes Kim Longinotto for April masterclass
On March 25 April, Taskovski Film Training #DOCSCONNECT presents a very special Masterclass with #Kim Longinotto#. In purchasing a ticket
Exposing the misery of the Mafia
PHOTOGRAPHY: Letizia Battaglia never introduced herself as a photographer of the Mafia. She was taking pictures of Palermo, she says, where the Mafia is simply part of everyday life and routines.
Incarcerated Women
Suppression come in many forms. A collection of screenings at February’s Berlinale, portrayed various female destinies.
Harrowing at one moment and heartwarming the next
For the forty children who call it home, Mulberry Bush is their last chance
Powerful case study of a society in transition
Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi’s documentary “Sisters in Law” is a fascinating insight into the workings of the judicial system in the small African town of Kumba in southwest Cameroon.
The experience involves unimaginable pain
The circumcision of women may be the ultimate act of subjugation, a brutal operation to control women physically, so they will go directly from obeying their parents to obeying their husband, without being carried away by sexual lust.
Against parental control
In “Runaway”, Kim Longinotto and Ziba Mir-Hosseini revisit the memorably fertile ground of strong Iranian women fighting against restrictive males.