Werner Herzog
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The fireball at the end of the world
COSMOS: In his tireless search for uncanny strangeness, Herzog encounters different types of meteorite-hunters who look for a lived connection with the larger cosmos – and explores the deeper causes of our apocalyptic thrills.
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The painful destiny of the Tamils
CONFLICT: The never before told story of Sri Lanka’s Tamil women fiercely fighting for their sovereignty.
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The shaman and the Norwegian engineer
MODERNITY: The expectation of a paradise free of modern progress become the opposite.
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Werner Herzog: «Facts do not constitute the truth»
Acclaimed German film director Werner Herzog talks about his most recent film Meeting Gorbachev, while also warning against trying to articulate the truth in precise terms.
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One of the greatest leaders of the 20th century
RUSSIA: Meeting Gorbachev is an intimate and engaging portrait of the man who unwittingly prompted the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Kicking against the pricks: two short documentaries from Melbourne
In the non-fiction selection of this year‘s film festival in Melbourne, the standouts included two economic miniatures, which take a bold, empathetic and vivid approach to LGBTI subjects.
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The conqueror of the useless
A genuine democracy must be open to dissent, the different and the useless. Only through this “conquest of the useless” can we get closer to the truth.
