internet
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The (white) man’s drive to conquer nature
NATURE: Philosophical musings on the nature of truth and knowledge through the lens of man's manipulation of nature and Google's domination of the Internet
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Preview: CoPro 25
The forthcoming jubilee 25th edition of the influential Tel Aviv #CoPro market for Israeli productions commences on June 5th. «This year, we received many great applications, and the selection was hard to make. We are very happy to have a very strong line-up this year of both emerging and established filmmakers like #Dror Moreh# and…
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We must activate our voices for Iran!
The Norwegian-Iranian filmmaker #Ali Parandian# is the man behind the petition «The Nordic Film Community stand with protesters in Iran». The petition has so far collected 417 (per 16.10.22) signatures. We have #Joachim Trier# from Norway, #Thomas Vinterberg# from Denmark and #Ali Abbasi# from Sweden on the list, just to mention a few. This is…
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The enemy knows the system
TECHNOLOGY: Manipulation of ideas, people, and influences after the attention economy.
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5 eyelet documentaries you can watch anywhere
As we move into the dog days of summer with heat waves virtually enveloping the entire world, there are few better times to sit back with a qualuty documentary. With so many choices (and platforms), we turn to one of our favourites, #eyelet, to see what is on offer around topics Modern Times Review is…
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The limits of artificial intelligence
AI: The fallout from MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini’s discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately.
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Karel Vachek: Films just have to make you laugh!
Director Karel Vachek just died, so we publish this interview. Fifty years after Prague Spring and thirty years after the Velvet Revolution, he looked back on the evolution of our society and predicts a transformation to direct democracy.
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Caught in the Net should really be on the net if it’s going to change anything
DOK.REVUE: Discussion about the new film by Vít Klusák and Barbora Chalupová Caught in the Net.
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The death of democracy by a thousand cuts
JOURNALISM: A vivid portrait of tenacious Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, founder of the Duterte-critical Rappler.com.