Germany
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Letters from the Silenced Country
BELARUS: A sombre and shocking glimpse inside the horror that opponents of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko experience.
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Our Colors Never Fade
UKRAINE: The untold story of Ukraine's LGBTQIA+ warriors, and the challenges they face from Russian aggressors and homegrown queer-bashing attitudes alike.
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Active Vocabulary
PROPAGANDA: A Russian teacher flees to Berlin after questioning the war. Her story exposes ritualised school propaganda, then throws an uncomfortable mirror at Western «neutrality» and the new glamour of military service.
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ethnocineca: «There’s no way to escape it; it is part of my history»
ETHNOCINECA: «Hauntings» curator Jacqueline Nsiah speaks candidly about cinema’s power to hold contradiction, the emotional labour of curating haunted narratives, and the radical act of asking unanswerable questions.
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Trains
TRANSPORT: IDFA best film award winner Polish director Maciej Drygas's entrancing Trains is a mesmerising journey through much of the 20th century by rail, accompanied by a subtly intense soundtrack.
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Baltic Sea Docs announces 26 selected projects for 2024 edition
The leading documentary pitching event in the Baltic countries, Baltic Sea Docs, has finalised its project selection for the 28th edition, set for Riga from 1-6 September 2024. This year, 22 projects in development and production, along with four post-production projects in the «Coming Soon» session, were selected. The 26 projects hail from 17 countries,…
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GoEast connects Western Balkans to Germany in first 2024 festival announcement
The #goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film announces its 2024 program with a special emphasis on the film cultures of #Kosovo and #Albania, alongside contributions from the broader #Western Balkan# region. The initiative aims to connect with both German audiences and migrants from Western Balkan countries living in #Germany, a group that, as…
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Documenting Italy at FIPADOC 2024
The 2024 edition of the #FIPADOC International Documentary Festival is set to unfurl from 19 – 27 January, dedicating its focus to the rich and varied documentary filmmaking of #Italy. As a beacon of European cultural collaboration, FIPADOC, a founding member of Doc Around Europe, continues its tradition of highlighting a European region each year.…
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«You may end up with the only peace – being the peace of the graveyard.»
INTERVIEW: We are talking with the previous Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, the man who could have been prime minister in Britain, about current issues – like military build-up, Ukraine, Israel, climate justice and labour, security, democracy, citizen assemblies, and not least of all, hope for the future.