IDFA
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A lifetime in film
IDFA: What can we say about the 2019 IDFA choice of Jørgen Leth (82) and Patricio Guzmán (78) for «Lifetime Achievement Award» and «Guest of Honor» respectively?
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Silent cries and a money-driven welfare system
CAPITALISM: Midnight Family and Overseas show two very different kinds of underprivileged workers within a backdrop of our times’ ruthless capitalism.
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All talk: ethical diplomacy or bubble of complicity in Davos?
CAPITALISM: With a world at the crossroads, is the annual economic forum of elites a destination of tangible change or another chance to push a «global agenda»?
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The burns of corruption
VENICE: Was The Collective the best documentary of the Venice Film Festival?
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A deeply touching goodbye
BIOGRAPHY: Nick Broomfield’s doc about the artist Leonard Cohen and his muse and girlfriend Marianne Ihlen, is a touching story of an extraordinary relationship.
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Another one bites the dust
CAPITALISM: As he tries to keep his own afloat, competition from big companies, cheap labour from the East, and smart machinery all make life increasingly difficult for one Dutch shepherd.
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A story rarely told
World War II: A harrowing depiction of the Romanian Holocaust told through small town photography and the words of a local, Jewish doctor.
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Flying the battered nest of circumstance
POVERTY: Let down by society’s promises, a generation of young Scots carve out moments of tenderness amidst bursts of frustration and violence.
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