Grief
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An Open Field
GRIEF: Processions, prayer, and stillness frame a community preserving the dead’s memory after a tragedy linked to institutional negligence.
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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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Nordisk Panorama announces full 35th edition programme
The #Nordisk Panorama# Film Festival (19-24 September, 2024) has announced a full lineup of events alongside its film competition. With 76 films screening in the 35th edition, the festival will explore topics ranging from personal narratives to global social issues through Nordic short films and documentaries. In addition to the competition, the festival will host…
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Widowhood in India as farmers’ suicides soar
GRIEF: Amidst India's farmer suicide crisis, a young woman navigates her grief as she joins a community of widows.
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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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Soul in pain
GRIEF: An outstanding piece of direct cinema turned art cinema, offering a glimpse into the human soul at the moment of suffering.
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Hopeless endeavours down the supply chain
CAPITALISM: No justice in a world where Third World workers are as disposable as the cheap garments they make.
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From ecological grief to rebellion
ACTIVISM: Extinction Rebellion is a rapidly growing climate protest movement, which seeks to convert love of nature, and the rage over political inaction, into collective action. But what is the political potential of grief?