IDFA
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Escape from Danish colonialism
COLONIALISM: Greenlanders upend past patterns while exploring culture and identity
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Armour-plated schools
GUNS: Fear of school shootings in the US has created an entire industry dedicated to turning educational institutions penal.
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IDFA announces final titles for 2020 edition
With less than a month from the 33rd edition of #IDFA, the festival has announced opening film, as well as the Feature-Length, First Appearance, Mid-Length, and DocLab competitions; the non-competitive DocLab Spotlight section; and the Creative Use of Archive competition. IDFA 2020 will open with the world premiere of Nothing but the Sun (dir. Arami…
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Hearts of darkness, dreams of light
CONGO: Honouring survivors of his Congo's 2000 «Six Day War» seeking acknowledgment or financial compensation for their pains.
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IDFA announces first competition films; Luminous, Frontlight, IDFA on Stage
The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) has announced 90 films and performances across competition and non-competition programmes. The Dutch, short, student, and young audience competitions, as well as Luminous, Frontlight, and #IDFA on Stage create an expansive selection that introduces the filmmakers and artists of the future and celebrates those who define our present moment.…
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Neither banal nor evil
CONTROL: A search for understanding from a survivor of Aum Shinrikyo's 1995 sarin gas attack on Tokyo's subway.
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Last stop utopia
CUBA: After ushering in the American Empire and its eventual revolt against it, Hubert Sauper takes an immersive look at Cuba and its people.
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Fragments from Paris
HISTORY: In returning to Paris, German avant-garde filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger resurrects memories of the city that she called home through the 1960s.
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Factory farming filth
FARMING: The filth and falsification at the heart of the factory farming system - responsible for up to 50 percent of the world's climate change - is revealed.