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  • The continuity of loneliness

    The continuity of loneliness

    TRAUMA: Unearth the subtle connections between personal lives and external conflicts, as 'The Diagonal Force' leads you towards Hannah Arendt's celebration of human capacity.

  • The unpredictability of hatred

    The unpredictability of hatred

    A bitter reflection on violence, revolution and terrorism.

  • Doclisboa announces full 2023 programme

    Doclisboa announces full 2023 programme

    The 21st edition of #Doclisboa, set to occur between 19 and 29 October, is a significant event in the world of documentary film. The festival will feature 250 films from 42 countries, including 35 world premieres and 39 films from #Portugal. The lineup is notably diverse, covering a broad range of topics and genres. Theatre…

  • Doclisboa announces 2023 opening and closing films

    Doclisboa announces 2023 opening and closing films

    The 21st edition of #Doclisboa is set to open with Wang Bing’s Man in Black on 19 October and conclude with Leonor Teles’ Baan on 29 October. Wang Bing, a prominent Chinese filmmaker, returns to the festival to showcase the life of #Wang Xilin#, a Chinese composer and dissident. Using excerpts from Xilin’s symphonies, the…

  • Dreaming of a change

    Dreaming of a change

    HEALTHCARE: The relentless efforts to soothe patients' suffering amidst institutional challenges in a Paris hospital.

  • DokuFest to screen all 16 nominated films for Doc Alliance Award

    DokuFest to screen all 16 nominated films for Doc Alliance Award

    DokuFest, the esteemed documentary film festival in Prizren, presents 16 remarkable films curated by the #Doc Alliance# Festival Network, an alliance of seven leading European documentary film festivals. This year, DokuFest has been invited as a guest festival and contribute its nominations to the Doc Alliance Award, which recognises emerging filmmakers for their vitality and…

  • Doclisboa announces two retrospectives for 2023 festival

    Doclisboa announces two retrospectives for 2023 festival

    The 2023 #Doclisboa 19 – 24 October) retrospectives introduce us to America’s socio-cinematic experiments during the #New Deal# period, and to visions of the tundra, the forests, and life in the North, as discovered in the cinema of #Anastasia Lapsui# and #Markku Lehmuskallio#. In partnership with Cinemateca Portuguesa, Documentary on the March: The Turbulent 30s…

  • Aurora’s Sunrise

    Aurora’s Sunrise

    ARMENIA: A harrowing, engrossing story of Aurora Mardiganian who finds herself in the throes of the Armenian genocide.

  • Raised by the rifle

    Raised by the rifle

    BELARUS:An insight into the militarisation of Belarusian society.

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