Europe Archives

Lucefece: Where there is no vision, the people will perish

A film from the dark side

Melita Zajc / November 22, 2023

HISTORY: Whatever happened to those who dreamed of space travel, wanting to be astronauts when they grew up?

Angola, austerity, colonialism, doclisnoa, Europe, France, History, Lucefece: Where there is no vision, Mozambique, Porto/Post/Doc, post-WW2, Red Desert, refugee, Ricardo Leite, Sebastião Alba, the people will perish, war

The lives of others

Nick Holdsworth / November 12, 2023

AFRICA: Karim Sayad’s 2G is an intimate portrait of former people smugglers from Niger.

Africa, Close Up Films, Europe, Filmotor S.R.O., gas, gold, IDFA, Karim Sayad, Libya, Mediterranean, Niger, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, SRG SSR, Swiss Films, uranium

The sky is not enough

Francesca Borri / October 9, 2023

REFUGEES: The hidden narratives of Afghan refugees in Italy.

Afghanistan, Ayoub Naseri, Europe, Florence, inclusion, Kabul, Lampedusa, Milan, Mirasole Abbey, refugees, Sicily, taliban, The Sky is Mine (Il Cielo È Mio), trauma, Unione Buddhista Italiana, Visioni dal Mondo, war

FUTURE: Are we progressing towards an international society that looks after those left out of the conventional job market – and, with wisdom, transitions today’s military industry towards civilian duties? It’s conceivable that the new BRICS might pave a path away from today’s Western ideology.

Africa, Argentina, artificial intelligence, Biografilm, Brazil, BRICS, cancer, ChatGPT, Denmark, dollar, Egypt, Elon Musk, Erik Gandini, Ethiopia, EU, Europe, future, Global South, Homo sacer, India, NEET, Netherlands, Norway, or, poverty, Russia, Saudi, South Korea, Ukraine, UN, USA, xenophobia

a boat filled with migrants in the Mediterranean sea

When it’s about life

Truls Lie / September 1, 2023

REFUGEES: In Sicily, we meet Morgan Lescot on the rescue ship Ocean Viking for a conversation about boat refugees, challenges, and Europe’s responsibility. Is this a tragedy that will only continue to increase?

climate change, Egypt, Europe, Giorgia Meloni, Italy, Libya, Malta, Morgan Lescot, nigeria, Norway, Red Cross, refugees, Sea Watch, Sicily, somalia, Syria, violence, war, Warsan, West Africa

Notes From the Eremocene Viera Čákanyová

What makes human life worth living?

Nick Holdsworth / August 7, 2023

EXTINCTION: A disturbingly accurate farewell to human life on planet earth.

ai, Berlinale, cryptocurrency, Dokufest, Europe, extinction, GUČA films, Harvard, Ji.hlava IDFF, MakeDox, Marina Films, Mirage Film Festival, Notes From the Eremocene, One World CZ, pandemic, pollution, The Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Viera Čákanyová

«I don’t think a single military conflict can solve a problem»

Truls Lie / June 30, 2023

INTERVIEW: Elisabeth Hoff, WHO’s representative in Libya today, wondered why Norway got involved and dropped 700 bombs on the country in 2011: «It makes no sense at all.» For 30 years, Hoff has tried to save lives in war zones such as Afghanistan, Syria and Libya. How can a human endure so much suffering?

Afghanistan, aleppo, cancer, Christian, corruption, earthquake, Egypt, Elisabeth Hoff, Europe, feminism, Healthcare, Homs, human rights, humanity, Iran, Italy, Jan Egeland, Kabul, Libya, media, military-industrial complex, Mujahideen, pacifism, petrol, power, Putin, radiation, Rome, Syria, taliban, trauma, Turkey, war, WHO

Signs of War Juri Rechinsky, Pierre Crom

The first signs of war

Nick Holdsworth / May 22, 2023

UKRAINE: A compellingly grim account of the country’s descent into war.

Austrian Films, conflict, Crimea, Debaltseve, Donetsk, Europe, filmdelights, fragile features, Juri Rechinsky, KGB, Krakow Film Festival, Lugansk, MH17, Minsk Accords, moscow, Pierre Crom, propaganda, Sevastopol, Signs of War, Simferopol, Stalin, Ukraine

Growing up under the approaching storm clouds of war

Nick Holdsworth / May 17, 2023

UKRAINE: The lives of ordinary teenagers in Ukraine’s Donbas region as they navigate adolescence, dreams, and the devastating impact of conflict on their futures.

Alisa Kovalenko, Astra Film Festival, DocsBarcelona, Docudays UA, Donbas, East Roads Films, Europe, FIFDH, goEast, HAKA Films, IDFA, Kharkiv, Krakow Film Festival, Kyiv, Nepal, One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, photography, Sarajevo Film Festival, Stranger Films Sales, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Trueman Production, We Will Not Fade Away

Behind the Lines Alaa Amer, Alisar Hasan

Armed with a pen

Nick Holdsworth / April 28, 2023

SYRIA: A female cartoonist’s courageous, spirited view of suffering in war-torn Idlib.

Alaa Amer, Alisar Hasan, art, Autlook Filmsales, Behind the Lines, Clin d’oeil films, Europe, gender equality, Idlib, Islamist, Syria, Turkey, Visions du réel, war

The caricature and the role of satire in information warfare

Thierry Vissol / April 10, 2023

VISUALS: Graphic satire has become a weapon. The first “caricature war” emerged between Protestants and Catholics. Caricature also revolve around Ukraine and Russia, boosting morale within one’s own ranks by ridiculing the enemy using all possible means and stereotypes, while glorifying one’s own side.

Albrecht Dürer, Aristophanes, Carmina Burana, Catholics, conflict, EEAS, Eupolis, Europe, Facebook, Greece, Hans Holbein, Horace, Instagram, John Milton, Kukriniksij, law, Lucas Cranach, Paleolithic, Petronius, Phrynichus, Plautus, Pope, press freedom, propaganda, Protestants, Quintilian, Roman Empire, Russia, Twitter, Ukraine, USA, VISUALS, VISUALS:, Wikipedia, youtube

Eksentrisk kultur – en teori om Vestens kultur

What tricks does the Catholic right have to define itself as the centre of Europe

Eivind Tjoenneland / April 10, 2023

THE WEST: European culture is «characterized by a melancholic feeling due to its alienation or inferiority towards a source that evokes a nostalgic feeling.» Really?

anxiety, Athens, Bacon, Byzantine, Catholic, Christianity, Columbus, crisis, diversity, Egypt, Europe, Francis, Greek, Herodotus, humanity, imperialism, inclusion, Islam, literature, Middle Ages, multiculturalism, mythology, nostalgia, Paulus Svendsen, persia, philosophy, propaganda, puberty, Roger Scruton, Rome, THE WEST, THE WEST:, Troy, Tzvetan Todorov, Universalism, Viktor Sklovskij