Ukraine
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Flowers of Ukraine
UKRAINE: On the outskirts of Kyiv, a woman in her 70s demonstrates her love of freedom.
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Special Operation
UKRAINE: Unfiltered surveillance of wartime routine builds toward an unseen horror.
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Verzió DocLab 2025 opens applications for 10th edition
The Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival has announced the 10th edition of #Verzió DocLab#, its five-day documentary development workshop, scheduled for 8–12 November 2025 at the Central European University Budapest Campus. Applications are open until 31 July 2025. Targeting first or second feature-length documentary projects, the program offers directors, editors, and producers the…
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Cultural resistance
UKRAINE: In Kyiv, cultural life is flourishing despite the war. We explore the city through artists, intellectuals, researchers, curators, cultural workers and poets who have stayed behind. Some say it feels like the ‘new Berlin’. Here, artists are neither commentators nor observers: they create bonds, build networks, tell small stories and provide a means of…
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The taste of Kyiv
UKRAINE: How can you think when you are surrounded by explosions? In Kyiv, the normal and the abnormal exist side by side. Here, UNESCO has reported at least 670 destroyed cultural sites, including 145 religious and 238 of historical/artistic significance. On this investigative journey, we meet European intellectuals on the front line. How can we…
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The Helsinki Effect: Does diplomacy matter?
INTERVIEW: Modern Times met the Finnish director Arthur Franck behind The Helsinki Effect at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen. We discussed the legitimacy of treaties, militarisation, and filmmaking.
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Perfect Victims
PALESTINE: In Palestine, the struggle is not only for land but for the right to be seen as fully human.
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Everything Needs to Live
UKRAINE: As war rages, a world champion weightlifter becomes an unexpected hero, tending to wounded pets and people with tireless resolve.
