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FIFDH 2026 Impact Lab unveils global lineup
From Gaza’s velodromes to Mexico’s avocado groves, the 2026 Impact Lab at FIFDH’s Industry Days is staking out the frontline of social-justice documentary. Run alongside Geneva’s International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights each March, the #Impact Lab# is not a film market in the usual sense. It is a training and matchmaking hub…
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Unanimal
ANIMAL RIGHTS: Isabella Rossellini narrates a reflective essay-film questioning human dominance, collapsing categories of pet, livestock, wildlife, and revealing systems of control.
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Where Zebus Speak French
POST-COLONIALISM: A community compelled into powerful resistance to defend their culture and legacy against foreign forces seeking to erase their land, lives, and history.
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Scars of Growth
NATURE: Thoroughly researched and brilliantly edited doc about the plans and pitfalls of the return of mining to Europe.
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Cinematic ethics – and dilemmas
ETHICS: What can a festival's Inspiration Forum inspire us to do? We live in a world of representations, of pictures, war manipulating us as humans, and what about our relation to nature? Can an old philosopher show us a way?
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Chilean documentaries to make strong showing at IDFA 2024
Chilean filmmakers and production companies are preparing for a strong representation at the 37th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), taking place from 14 to 24 November, 2024. With selections in multiple categories, Chile’s entries reveal a broad thematic range. Key Films in Competition Leading the Chilean slate is The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine, chosen…
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«Justice is something worth living for»
PALESTINE/ISRAEL: How is it to be a Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory? We spoke to Francesca Albanese about Israel's war against Gaza, genocide, antisemitism, and impunity – from her specialisation on international law. She talks about political, legal, psychological, and epistemic violence – coming from how Israel, with Western acquiescence, has been threatening…
