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  • The power of narrative to heal

    The power of narrative to heal

    TRAUMA: An innovative, challenging, and disturbing examination of rape told through a narrative explored by survivors - and perpetrators of sexual violence.

  • Doclisboa unveils new, extended format for 2020 festival

    Doclisboa unveils new, extended format for 2020 festival

    The 18th #Doclisboa International Film Festival will take a very different form in 2020. Taking place in six different moments, between October 2020 and March 2021, Doclisboa 2020 responds to the unique challenges of the year. These challenges are not just a result of the #Coronavirus but also from the “insufficient cultural and labor policies,…

  • Globalisation as social leveller

    Globalisation as social leveller

    CAPITALISM: The Disrupted brings the impoverishing effects of globalisation on all walks of life into intimate detail.

  • Venus without furs

    Venus without furs

    POVERTY: Inside the microcosm of a Portuguese tannery, director Inês Gil presents a story of decline among those on Europe’s fringes.

  • Playing in the online dark

    Playing in the online dark

    ABUSE: In a radical psychosocial experiment, the scope of online child abuse in the Czech Republic is uncovered.

  • A young man’s tormented soul

    A young man’s tormented soul

    IDENTITY: An ethnographic study of a strange world, presented in highly personal, experimental film language.

  • No use for silence

    No use for silence

    MEXICO: A portrait of the courageous and tenacious Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui

  • Journalism, a life risking occupation in Mexico

    Journalism, a life risking occupation in Mexico

    MEXICO: The incorruptible journalist Carmen Aristegui is one of the few voices in Mexico with the courage to consistently speak the truth

  • Homo Politicus: on two new documentaries at DocLisboa 2019

    Homo Politicus: on two new documentaries at DocLisboa 2019

    DOCLISBOA: From the renowned Portuguese festival's most fertile patch of talent, two short films focus on politically engaged male residents of bustling European capitals.

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