interview
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East of convention: Ex Oriente Film’s human-centred method
INTERVIEW: Ex Oriente Film challenges industry habits with early-stage support, rigorous feedback, and space for author-driven experimentation.
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«There’s something wrong, and I want to understand what it is»
INTERVIEW: Vitaly Mansky talks with Modern Times Review on his Manifesto for Real Cinema.
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DOK.fest München: «We decided to make our curatorial line speak for itself»
INTERVIEW: Deputy Managing Director Adele Kohout and Head for DOK.network Africa Barbara Off discuss the festival's evolution, role within the European documentary landscape, and the significance of its thematic programming.
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The Helsinki Effect: Does diplomacy matter?
INTERVIEW: Modern Times met the Finnish director Arthur Franck behind The Helsinki Effect at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen. We discussed the legitimacy of treaties, militarisation, and filmmaking.
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The Town That Drove Away : «We witnessed how urbanisation became a façade»
INTERVIEW: Filmmakers Grzegorz Piekarski and Natalia Pietsch explore Turkey’s cultural erasure through the transformation of historic Hasankeyf into underwater tourism.
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Tooth & Nail : Chainsaws, cameras, and the state that looked away
INTERVIEW: Brutal beatings, corrupt police, Austrian multinationals. Romania’s logging war is real and it’s funded by Europe’s thirst for cheap wood.
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Mark Cousins. Creativity is like a contagion
INTERVIEW: Last year, for the first time in the history of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, a documentary won the top prize – A Sudden Glimpse of Deeper Things by Mark Cousins.
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Laila Pakalnina: «I don’t need music in most of my films because I can find it in images»
INTERVIEW: What starting point does the final bus stop offer? The documentary Termini (2024) by director Laila Pakalnina literally revolves around time.