conflict
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The healing power of cinema
CONFLICT: Through their collective artistic project, a single mother and her four children cope with life inside a war zone.
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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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Excavating war in the South Caucasus
CONFLICT: 5 female de-miners look to clear the land of danger in the still disputed territory after the war in Nagorno-Karabakh
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In service to performance
CONFLICT: Following one South Korean recruits' journey of mandatory service reveals how an individual is shaped into being part of a collective identity.
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An intimate portrait of ordinary Afghanis in Kabul
CONFLICT: In the capital of a country that only seems to get international attention when suicide bombs claims lives, director Aboozar Amini offers a fly on the wall glimpse into life as the locals live it.
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Molenbeek through the eyes of children
CHILDHOOD: Aatos and Amine are deep thinkers, bright and curious. We follow the life of these two six-year-olds in Molenbeek – a multi-ethnic suburb in Brussels – discovering different ways of thinking about god(s) and pondering about life and its aftermath.
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Small fragments of beauty
«I was born by the sea, I will stay by the sea, and I will be buried by the sea!» 14 year old Ahmad Jamal al Aqraa utters.
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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.
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The death of (representative) politics
Two Italian women look back at a decade of representative politics fighting for women’s rights in the (post) Berlusconi era. Amused, dispirited, annoyed, and anguished they assess how much – or how little – they managed to change.