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Thessaloniki Documentary Festival tributes observational documentary with 2023 retrospective
The 25th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (2-12 March, 2023) will host a multifaceted tribute to observational documentary, titled The Art of Reality: Beyond Observation. The tribute will be accompanied by a special bilingual edition, with articles written by distinguished theorists and authors. Drawing inspiration from the principles of documentary pioneer and director of the legendary Nanook…
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Molenbeek through the eyes of children
CHILDHOOD: Aatos and Amine are deep thinkers, bright and curious. We follow the life of these two six-year-olds in Molenbeek – a multi-ethnic suburb in Brussels – discovering different ways of thinking about god(s) and pondering about life and its aftermath.
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Far from the shallow now: two highlights from Underdox
Two newcomers stood out from the crowd at this year’s Underdox in Munich. Sec Rouge – one of 2018's most striking, accomplished and beautiful films of any length – and the seminal and glowingly delicate 48-minute film, Accession.
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Is it a crime to save lives?
Acting in the name of human rights has become a criminal act in France.
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Cash and corpses in Sarkozy’s wake
The French journalists Arfi and Laske investigate the real reasons behind the bombing of Libya in 2011.
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Looking humanity in the eye
With its excessive simplicity, the cinema documentary and multimedia project Human is able to bring us a little closer together.
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Two films about modern industrialized fishery and agriculture
Curiously, two feature docs have been released in Austria at the same time dealing with the same theme: modern industrialized fishery and agriculture – and both films were supported by the Austrian Film Institute and the Vienna Film Fund.
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CINÉMA DU RÉEL 1999: The Terrain of the Real
In its 21st edition, held March 5 - 14 in Paris, Cinéma du Réel featured a significant number of works by young filmmakers