Democracy
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Thessaloniki Documentary Festival sets full 2024 programme
The 26th edition of the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (TiDF), set from 7 to 17 March, boasts a diverse selection of 250 documentaries, with 112 premieres both onsite in Thessaloniki’s celebrated venues and online. The festival will unfurl starting with the opening film, They Shot the Piano Player by Fernando Trueba, who will grace the…
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Could Taiwan be the next Ukraine?
TAIWAN: The democratic spirit of Taiwan and its complex relationship with its powerful neighbour.
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Reimagining Russia
RUSSIA: Mikhail Khodorkovsky discusses Russia's future post-Putin, advocating for revolution, democracy, and equitable resource distribution.
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«You may end up with the only peace – being the peace of the graveyard.»
INTERVIEW: We are talking with the previous Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, the man who could have been prime minister in Britain, about current issues – like military build-up, Ukraine, Israel, climate justice and labour, security, democracy, citizen assemblies, and not least of all, hope for the future.
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The media and Corbyn
POLITICS: What was the biggest obstacle for Jeremy Corbyn, as he was close to winning the elections – becoming the prime minister of Britain today? A smear campaign and stamps as ‘the stooge of Russia’ or ‘antisemite’?
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When violence becomes the only way
POWER: According to Hannah Arendt, the use of violence, weapons, and bombs renders us politically voiceless. Can her particular analyses of power teach us anything about the violence being perpetrated from and in Gaza today?
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Exploring cinematic reflections of crisis: documentary on the march
CINEMA: More prescient than ever, Doclisboa's «Documentary on the March» retrospective provide a blueprint for today's documentaries for social change.
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Combatting Digital Violence: A Conversation with HateAid
DIGITAL VIOLENCE: With a Human Rights Film Festival Berlin workshop on Navigating Digital Aggression for Journalists and Filmmakers, Modern Times Review speaks with representatives of Germany's HateAid - the organisation combatting digital violence.
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We don’t want the smoking gun at the head of civilisation to be a mushroom cloud
OPPENHEIMER: The mainstream embraces sex and death in nuke movie.