Between mysticism and monotony
RELIGION: Step into the shadows where the arcane rituals of the Church of Satan come to life.
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The bot economy
TECH: Discover the silent drain on global ad budgets with Unclickable, an investigative documentary revealing how digital ad fraud impacts not just companies but the very fabric of society and democracy.
Of Caravans and the Dogs
RUSSIA: Askold Kurov’s compelling documentary Of Caravan and the Dogs details the final destruction of independent voices in Putin’s Russia that oppose his war on Ukraine.
Why are the youth in Iraq protesting?
IRAQ: In Iraq, the youth don’t trust the politicians or the parties. We met the director and producer of Baghdad on Fire, which addresses the bad governance of their country’s leaders and the mobilisation of the youth who really fight for change.
Still life
UKRAINE: Filmmaker Maciek Hamela provides a singular and emotional snippet of the war as he drives Ukrainians over the border into Poland.
And, Towards Happy Alleys
IRAN: Indian filmmaker Sreemoyee Singh celebrates Iran’s cinema and poetry while shedding light on daily life and the fight for freedom.
To be a stranger in one’s own town
IRAQ: The Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad has written an excellent book that dispels the typical view of a sectarian and divided society as the main cause of Iraq’s long and continuing tragedy.
The end – and beginning – of history
ALBANIA: The country’s transformation was fraught with difficulties. On the altar of freedom, factories went bankrupt, jobs disappeared, and thousands fled to Italy on overcrowded ships.
NATO – an alliance for the 21st century?
MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: NATO’s new strategy document is a continuation of the neoconservative line after Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s politicization of the group, revealing an ideological chasm between the old and the new NATO.