Our Colors Never Fade
UKRAINE: The untold story of Ukraine’s LGBTQIA+ warriors, and the challenges they face from Russian aggressors and homegrown queer-bashing attitudes alike.
LGBT
Pragmatism and repressive politics
TURKEY: This autumn, we met two intellectuals in Istanbul about today’s Turkey – and attended a major conference there on political economy. Here, we look at the use of power, freedom of expression, the media, militarisation and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s political pragmatism.
The secret battle between Russia and the West
RUSSIA: Russian President Vladimir Putin blames the West for the war in Ukraine, but as Putin’s Playground shows, the Kremlin has been subverting the west to suit its own agenda for years.
Could Taiwan be the next Ukraine?
TAIWAN: The democratic spirit of Taiwan and its complex relationship with its powerful neighbour.
Keeping the idea of justice alive
RUSSIA: The Russian lawyers defending prisoners of conscience, who face persecution in Putin’s regime for upholding justice and human rights.
Filming the right-wing with ‘an open heart’
HOMOPHOBIA: Polish Prayers unravels the trajectory of a young Pole as he journeys away from the homophonic, ultra-conservative Brotherhood
Russia’s war with its own people
RUSSIA: Two films look into the appeal and threat of Western favorite Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
Flashy Norwegian-supported consumption in Africa
CORRUPTION: We haven’t heard much about Luanda Leaks in Norway. Perhaps because it is embarrassing that Statoil paid NOK 420 million to a non-existent research centre owned by Angola’s state oil company Sonangol, where Isabel dos Santos was the director until she was fired in November 2017?
Whose blacklist are you on?
FAITH: An intimate portrait of a man torn between his faith and concern about the contemporary Church.
Białystok in bloom: shorts-festival shines as beacon of tolerance in Poland’s «bible belt»
POLAND: In the face of growing intolerance, the ŻubrOFFka Short Film Festival takes a stand.
Kicking against the pricks: two short documentaries from Melbourne
In the non-fiction selection of this year‘s film festival in Melbourne, the standouts included two economic miniatures, which take a bold, empathetic and vivid approach to LGBTI subjects.
Odessa: From writers’ muse to political pawn
Once «The Pearl of the Black Sea», the political power struggles that have been characterising the East-West relationship since 2014 have left the major tourist centre in an inconvenient position. Needless to say, this year’s Odessa International Film Festival couldn’t avoid politics.