Russia
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Trains
TRANSPORT: IDFA best film award winner Polish director Maciej Drygas's entrancing Trains is a mesmerising journey through much of the 20th century by rail, accompanied by a subtly intense soundtrack.
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Let the young die
CONFLICT: Ville Suhonen's study of the cult of youth soldiers in inter-war Finland shows there's nothing new in the old sacrificing the young for their own aims.
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Crimean Quagmire: Tolstoy, Russell and the Birth of Modern Warfare
CONFLICT: If truth is the first casualty of war, then Gregory Carleton argues that truth as an ideal in covering conflict was born during a war fought in Ukraine nearly two centuries ago.
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«Justice is something worth living for»
PALESTINE/ISRAEL: How is it to be a Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory? We spoke to Francesca Albanese about Israel's war against Gaza, genocide, antisemitism, and impunity – from her specialisation on international law. She talks about political, legal, psychological, and epistemic violence – coming from how Israel, with Western acquiescence, has been threatening…
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The war remains
UKRAINE: Collateral damage far from the frontlines of Ukraine's long struggle in the east with separatists and now Russian armed forces is seen in Lesia Diak's moving focus on a family torn apart by war.
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A million roses and coal
UKRAINE: The impact of war on three generations of women, blending personal stories, family archives, and historical parallels.
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Holidays in the danger zone
CONFLICT: The ethical complexities and societal implications of war tourism in our media-driven world.
