INTERVIEW: In his master class at Makedox, Austrian filmmaker Hubert Sauper exposed how to «write-in-movement», which literally means «cinemato-graphy». He also talked about political cinema and mental ecology. We met him for our in-depth film interview, especially about his last three films.
MUSIC: The liminal experience of legendary Croatian band Haustor – which shaped the former Yugoslavia new wave music scene in the 1980s – is explored in Arsen Oremović’s Third World.
CONFLICT: A short doc follows a researcher as he probes children’s trauma-induced nightmares.
WEAPONS: There are a number of developments in the three oil states of Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar, which Jean-Loup Samaan explores in his latest book. These are the three oil states that account for 17 percent of all arms purchases worldwide. Saudi Arabia wants to become a nuclear power in order to stand up to Iran.
MEMORY: A quest for identity reveals turbulent memories and exploring nationalism, war, and hope.
EU: Europe never became an adult or responsible player in a multipolar world. A common foreign and security policy has never gone beyond the sketch. Will it happen now?
CONFLICT: Christopher Blattman’s long-term project explores the reasons why conflict between groups and nations erupts into war.
JOURNALISM: How do the stories we hear and see come from the conflict zone to our pages and screens? Through the fall of IS, Journalist at War seeks to find out.
JOURNALISM: The fascinating story of Elías Barahona, who infiltrated the military government in Guatemala’s darkest days of civil war.
The three competition sections of the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival—International Competition, Newcomers Competition and >>Film Forward Competition—cast a critical and
JOURNALISM: The story of Russia’s last national independent TV news station.
BRUCE MAU: How about a look back over 30 years, to be able to see and act into the future?