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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A permission structure for mass murder
DRUGS: What happens when you don’t just give the executers of state monopolized violence license to kill, but also a promise of impunity?
It is «you whites» who created «us blacks»
AFRICA: It is false to strive for justice «at home» while constantly exploiting «over there», writes one of the contributors in a new anthology.
To set out for the Moon
Hamada turns the attention to the rocky, wind-eroded desert of the Western Sahara, where the Sahrawi people have resided in refugee camps for more than 40 years.
Escaping From a Prison Society
KARLOVY VARY International Film Festival offers a view of a society in crisis.
A loveless technology
MODERN TEHNOLOGY: Our digital civilisation is more dependent than ever on artificial and technological stimuli.
PIOTR STASIK: «When something is very difficult, magical things can happen.»
Piotr Stasik is a facinating, independent voice on the Polish film arena. We spoke to him on the topics of love, freedom, New Yorkers and Europeans – and his recent essay documentary 21 X New York.
Soft power
A documentary from the time when American films portrayed Soviet commissionaires changing sides to betray communist ideals, and Soviet television showed CIA agents gunning down innocent comrades.