Covid-19 Archives

Hearts of darkness, dreams of light

Neil Young / October 24, 2020

CONGO: Honouring survivors of his Congo’s 2000 «Six Day War» seeking acknowledgment or financial compensation for their pains.

Africa, Algeria, Aurélien Bodinaux, Belgium, Cannes Docs, Cannes Film Festival, congo, Covid-19, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dieudo Hamadi, DocAviv, DOK Leipzig, DOK.fest München, Downstream to Kinshasa, FIFDH, FIPADOC, Frédéric Féraud, IDFA, Joseph Conrad, Kinshasa, Kisinangi, Mobutu Sese Seko, nigeria, Patrice Lumumba, Quentin Laurent, TIFF, Zaire

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High priests of climate denialism

Anders Dunker / October 23, 2020

ENVIRONMENT: A masterful confrontation with the deceptions and self-deceptions of central climate deniers – and the sinister consequences of their successful campaigns.

Africa, bird flu, Catholic, China, climate, CO2, communism, copenhagen, coronavirus, Covid-19, CPH:DOX, crucified Christ, Denmark, ecology, Egypt, environment, epidemic, EU, Exxon Mobil, factory farming, Ghana, hong kong, human rights, India, Jesus, Kansas, Kenya, Mads Ellesøe, mongolia, NASA, nigeria, refugees and, SARS-CoV2, Sicily, Sidsel Marie Jacobsen, slavery, Steen Jensen, Sundance, The Campaign Against the Climate, The Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, trump, UN, vegan, vegetarian, WHO, Wuhan

«We look for films that enable people to navigate the world we live in»

Bianca-Olivia Nita / October 22, 2020

INTERVIEW: Modern Times Review speaks with The Why Foundation CEO/Executive Producer Mette Hoffmann Meyer.

Africa, cinema, Covid-19, Denmark, Egypt, EU, Hitler, Hollywood, human rights, interview, Kenya, London, Mette Hoffmann Meyer, mongolia, Napoleon, Nazi, nigeria, nuclear war, slavery, Stanley Kubrick, The Why Foundation, UN

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Fragments from Paris

Astra Zoldnere / October 18, 2020

HISTORY: In returning to Paris, German avant-garde filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger resurrects memories of the city that she called home through the 1960s.

Berlin, Berlinale, capitalism, cinema, Cornelia Theune, Covid-19, Doclisboa, Germany, History, IDFA, Joana Sousa, Miguel Ribeiro, One World Romania, paris, Paris Calligrammes, revolution, Thomas Kufus, Ulrike Ottinger, war

Ji.hlava IDFF announces full 2020 competition slate

Modern Times Review / October 14, 2020

In two weeks, 27 October – 8 November, the 24th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival will kick-off with over 59

Covid-19, hong kong

Joana Sousa and Miguel Ribeiro-Docslisboa interview-MTR

«While adapting, we are also discovering new ways of doing things»

Steve Rickinson / October 13, 2020

DOCLISBOA: Festival Directors Joana Sousa and Miguel Ribeiro, speak on the adaptation of the Lisbon-based festival for its 18th edition.

capitalism, Covid-19, Doclisboa, ecofascism, exploitation, Joana Sousa, Miguel Ribeiro, Nazi, patriarchy, Spain

Is there something after the collapse?

Marc Molas Carol / October 13, 2020

SOCIETY: Thoughts on post-collapse societies and ecosocial transition.

armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, capitalism, Covid-19, ecofascism, exploitation, Ganja, Glasnost, Human Rights Watch, Mikhail Gorbachev, moscow, Nagorno Karabakh, Nazi, patriarchy, Perestroika, Russia, society, Soviet Union, Spain

Ramallah, Tblisi, Tehran: The women driving their electronic music culture

Steve Rickinson / October 11, 2020

MUSIC: A trio of short documentaries traverse Tbilisi, Ramallah, and Tehran, giving an on the ground look at how what each represents within a global electronic music industry and the women who have made it so.

Amsterdam, Berlin, Covid-19, Iran, music, New, Ramallah, Switzerland, Tblisi, Tehran

Parts of a Circle: History of the Karabakh Conflict-featured

The Nagorno-Karabakh cycle

Aliide Naylor / October 9, 2020

Karabakh: A chronicle of the disputed history in the decades-old conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijanis

armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosch, Conciliation Resources, Covid-19, experimental, Ganja, Glasnost, Human Rights Watch, Humanitarian Research Public Union, Internews Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Media Initiatives Center, Mikhail Gorbachev, moscow, Nagorno Karabakh, Parts of a Circle: History of the Karabakh Conflict, Perestroika, prison, Russia, Soviet Union

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To send a message

Nick Holdsworth / September 21, 2020

SURVEILLANCE: US authorities are gunning for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in an attempt to scare other whistleblowers, German TV documentary claims.

ARD, Brexit, Covid-19, donald trump, Elena Kuch, found guilty and sentenced to up to 175 years solely in order to send a warning to other would-be whistleblowers. With exclusive access to Assange's fiancé, free-information advocate and - some say - computer hacker - over the past decade, Hillary Clinton, including his father John Shipton, journalism, lawyer Stella Morris - with whom he fathered two children during his time in refuge at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London - and others involved, National Security Agency whistleblower, publisher, Robert Holm, Sheldon Adelson, surveillance, the ARD documentary concludes that the US Department of Justice is determined to see Assange extradited to the US, tried, Wikileaks founder, Wikileaks: The US against Julian Assange

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Astra Film Festival Open Air wraps up with awards going to trio of diverse documentary subjects

Steve Rickinson / September 20, 2020

Romania’s #Astra Film Festival# last week concluded the first part of their #COVID-19 affected 2020 festival. In splitting the Sibiu-based

Adrian Pîrvu, Astra Film Festival, Covid-19, Ellen Fiske, Everything Will Not Be Fine, Helena Maksyom, Joanna Karlberg, Josefin & Florin, Oana Giurgiu, Pavel Cuzuioc, Please Hold the Line, Sibiu, Ştefan Dobroiu, Transilvania International Film Festival

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DOK Leipzig unveils six special progammes for 2020 hybrid festival

Modern Times Review / September 8, 2020

The 63rd International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film runs 26 October to 1 November 2020 in hybrid festival

Covid-19, DOK Leipzig