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Porto/Post/Doc completes 2021 programme with International Competition announcement
More than 99 films will be screened at the 2021 Porto/Post/Doc, between the 20th and 30th of November in Porto, Portugal. In 2021, the festival returns to its normal format – with sessions in six venues of Porto. With that, the final announcement of films has closed the 2021 Port/Post/Doc programme. Amongst the final selections…
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Karel Vachek: Films just have to make you laugh!
Director Karel Vachek just died, so we publish this interview. Fifty years after Prague Spring and thirty years after the Velvet Revolution, he looked back on the evolution of our society and predicts a transformation to direct democracy.
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The big censor is inside
PORTO/POST/DOCS: In cinematography freedom plays the main part. For Audrius Stony, it is more important than any aesthetic criterion.
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Approaching documentary from a unique angle
VISIONS DU RÉEL: No matter what the subject is, Martina Parenti and Massimo D'Anolfi always have one aim: to drive us beyond the immediate.
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Stanley Kubrick, the realist
As a filmmaker he has had a significant impact on many of us. In a progressively militarized and technified world, Kubrick remains highly relevant.
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The pioneer of long-term filmmaking
IDFA: Helena Trestikova’s work epitomises the innovative role of long-term filmmaking, and the inextricable link between big and little histories.
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The transience of time
Mia Hansen-Løve’s latest film Things to Come depicts the way political engagement changes over time, and neatly joins her other films on family dynamics and relations. Here we take a look at her catalogue of films.
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A unique monthly opportunity
"The Moon Inside You" is a personal journey into the mysteries and many prejudices surrounding menstruation. But director Diana Fabiánová’s attempt to tell the whole story causes a lack of focus in the film and makes it feel fumbling.
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POV: The War of the spirit
Pier Paolo Pasolini was an ardent critic of his age. A recently reconstructed documentary film by him gives us an insight into many of his critiques – on war, the media, beauty, work and religion. As an object of hate and scorn in his time, he still has the power to move us.