exile
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19th ethnocineca to open with intimate portrait of war, memory, and displacement
The 19th edition of #ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna will open on 8 May 2025, with the Austrian premiere of Home Game by #Lidija Zelovic#. The festival, which runs through May 14 at Vienna’s Votiv Kino and Kino De France, brings a thematic focus on «Hauntings»—a reflection on how history lingers in personal…
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Ancestral Visions of the Future
EXILE: Blending docufiction and philosophy, Lemohang Mosese redefines home, exile, and human interconnectedness through Ubuntu and radical decolonial storytelling.
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A symphony of human resilience
CHINA: Contrasting cultural richness with harsh realities under China's systematic campaign.
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A role model
ACTIVISM: Masih Alinejad, Nobel nominee, voices Iran's silenced through social and global media.
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A mother’s life and passion: Anna Politkovskaya
RUSSIA: Anna Politkovskaya's daughter: "My greatest wish is to experience Russia as a thriving, free and developed country, not desolate, poor and militarised."
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Classifying poison in the system
RACISM The 26th Sarajevo Film Festival winner explores the uncertainty of those made to feel like they do not belong.
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The lost prize of freedom
SYRIA: A filmmaker begins documenting a celebration of freedom in Aleppo but ends up documenting the devastating consequences of that dream.
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Theo Angelopoulos, the filmmaker of migration
In Letter to Theo, French director Élodie Lélu revisits Angelopoulos’ unfinished film, reminiscing on their collaborative work on the project that was in some ways prophetic of the present-day Greece.