HOTDOCS
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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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No nation without culture
CHECHNYA: The way Daymohk opens, one might think it‘s going to be a film that uncritically praises traditional Chechen folk culture and the Head of the Chechen Republic. But the film becomes more interesting once you get past the opening.
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Born in Evin
IRAN: Imagine being born in one of Iran’s most gruesome political prisons, not knowing anything about your past, except for what your body tells you. Born in Evin is a story about a brave young woman who seeks the truth about her past.
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Cries from a wounded world
CAPITALISM: A disturbing documentary discloses the catastrophic consequences of a man-made natural disaster.
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A female imam struggling for community
ISLAM: In 2015 the Syrian–Finnish Dane Sherin Khankan decided to create a woman-lead mosque in Copenhagen. Director Marie Skovgaard has followed her struggle between individual vision and the challenge of creating a collective.
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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?
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From the frontlines of the war on refugees
REFUGEES: Chinese artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei follows up his documentary Human Flow with a reportage from the warzones that await refugees in Europe. The Rest is about the millions who came for shelter but found none.
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What future lies ahead for the human mind?
NEUROSCIENCE: Major developments within neuroscience have led to incredible progress in treating illnesses such as Parkinson’s disease and severe depression. But what future lies ahead for the human mind when we start tampering with our brain and emotions?
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Truth as a game of cat and mouse
MEDIA:The Bellingcat group is on the frontline of an urgent counter-movement against the manufacture and dissemination of lies that are destabilising traditional journalism.