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From the frontlines of the war on refugees

Nina Trige Andersen / March 23, 2019

REFUGEES: Chinese artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei follows up his documentary Human Flow with a reportage from the warzones that await refugees in Europe. The Rest is about the millions who came for shelter but found none.

Ai Weiwei, art, artist, bombings, borderlands, China, copenhagen, CPH:DOX, Europe, Germany, Greece, HOTDOCS, human rights, humanity, Italy, liberal, police, refugees, Sweden, Syria, The Rest, war

From protégée to dictator

Nick Holdsworth / August 20, 2018

RUSSIA: A glimpse into Vladimir Putin‘s rise to power – from his early promises of media freedom to the flagrant disregard of democratic norms.

Alexander Litvinenko, Anatoly Chubais, Andrei Nekrasov, Assad, autocratic, autocratic state, bombings, Boris Nemtsov, Boris Yeltsin, Chechen, Chechen terrorists, Cinéma du réel, Crimea, Crystal Globe, Czech Republic, DA Films, dissident, DOK Leipzig, DOK.fest München, explosions, Gleb Pavlovsky, Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Kremlin, Latvia, Liberalism, Mikhail Kasyanov, Mikhail Lesin, Millenium Docs Against Gravity, moscow, Natalia Manskaya, national anthem, New Year's Eve, Nikita Mikhalkov, Olympics, optimism, Potemkin, presidency, protégé, Putin, Putin's Witnesses, Russia, Sergei Mikhalkov, Soviet, Soviet-era, statesman, strongman, Syria, terrorist, Valentin Yumashev, Vitaly Mansky, vladimir putin, Vladislav Surkov, Washington DC, World Cup, Yeltsin, Yumashev

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