Russia
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Searching for Freedom
INTERVIEW: Slovak director Lucie Kašová reveals her relationship to the subjects of both documentaries and shares her personal stance on the socio-political changes that have shaped the situation in Afghanistan in recent months.
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A war frozen in time
UKRAINE: French war journalist Loup Bureau directs an immersive cinematic journey through the last conflict on European soil.
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Bristol protesters and police violence
RIGHTS: With the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill making its way through parliament, Britain's right to protest and freely assemble continues to come under attack.
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The world’s most unrecognised human rights tragedy
CHINA: Genocide by any other name – President Xi Jinping’s campaign to eradicate the Muslim Uyghurs of Western China.
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The thick of it
RUSSIA: The youthful energy and optimism of Russia’s young opposition activists comes up against the cruel boundaries of an uncaring state
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The rise, fall, and rise of Russia’s free-spirited broadcaster
JOURNALISM: The story of Russia's last national independent TV news station.
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B2B Doc Launch Pad Pitching sees 12 film projects pitched representing the Baltic and Black Sea region
On 4 June 2021, the Baltic to Black Sea Documentary Network (B2B Doc) welcomed 25 filmmakers to Kyiv’s 50th Molodist International Film Festival for its B2B Doc Launch Pad Pitching Event. 12 projects representing #Belarus, #Ukraine, #Georgia, #Armenia, #Azerbaijan, and #Russia were pitched by their respective films teams made up of directors and producers (mostly)…
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Different flags – same motherfuckers
ACTIVISM: A rough but cheerful taxi driver and vlogger becomes an unlikely dissident in Russia’s eastern corner.