Sabaya: He said, she said, she said
VIEWS: Sabaya and consent in documentary
Iraq
«The Central and Eastern European Documentary industry is still healthy, despite damages that pandemic may have infused.»
DOKUFEST: Artistic Director Veton Nurkollari on the festival’s jubilee edition.
The European administration and the lost children of al-Hol
FAMILY: European governments still refuse to repatriate their state members, including their children
The bodies made for war
CONFLICT: As Germany switches its military apparatus more akin to the USA, it is those without opportunity and means frequently finding themselves on the frontlines.
Filtering the truth of war through the lens of cinema
HISTORY: Ever since they met in 1911, the moving image and war have had a contentious relationship
The new demon of war
CONFLICT: The advent of artificial intelligence and digitalisation of weapons has shifted traditional battlefields into remote operations in the name of wartime «progress».
The art of disappearing
PHILOSOPHY: Our editor Truls Lie has interviewed Jean Baudrillard earlier in Oslo – and since a lot have asked for access, we have republished it and a video here.
Underrepresented participants of war
CONFLICT: Fleeing one war and entering into another, the grief and uncertainty of one Syrian family beg the question: what drives a person to serve a country that doesn’t always appreciate the sacrifice?
Tracking truth beyond the frontiers of dawn
INTERVIEW: Gianfranco Rosi speaks to Modern Times Review on new film, Notturno.
IDFA welcomes Gianfranco Rosi as 2020 guest of honour
IDFA has announced its 2020 Guest of Honor as Italian director Gianfranco Rosi. Among Rosi’s many accolades, he is the
For whom the bell tolls
CONTROL: A look into the advertising approach of politics through weaponized communication by one of the world’s most notorious public relations firms.
China’s Uncle Smog Buster on the struggle to combat pollution
ENVIRONMENT: Balancing conflicting political demands for clean air and water – and a thriving economy – in a one party state is not an easy task.