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Thessaloniki Documentary Festival announces 24th edition competition films
The three competition sections of the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival—International Competition, Newcomers Competition and >>Film Forward Competition—cast a critical and acute glance at the most heated issues of our times. The International Competition includes Ramin Bahrani’s 2nd Chance, which unfolds the spectacular and ambivalent story of the bulletproof vest’s inventor. In A House Made of…
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The rise, fall, and rise of Russia’s free-spirited broadcaster
JOURNALISM: The story of Russia's last national independent TV news station.
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Massive change
BRUCE MAU: How about a look back over 30 years, to be able to see and act into the future?
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Can we live together?
CONFLICT: Two women navigate their lives in Beirut three decades past its civil war
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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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More than any political agreement
CONFLICT: A sensitive and balanced glimpse into the consequences of Colombia's much-heralded 2016 peace accord
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A pop doc out of the ordinary
BIOGRAPHY: «Why are you a problematic pop star? » director Stephen Loveridge asks M.I.A. in his documentary. The answers provided by the film point towards more than an uncompromising and sometimes challenging personality.
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Day-to-day life amongst a pro-Russian battalion in Ukraine
Their Own Republic by Russian director Aliona Polunina caused quite a fury at this year‘s Doclisboa due to its pro-Russian stance. The documentary nonetheless offers an interesting insight into the side of the Ukrainian conflict rarely portrayed in western media.
