Soap Fever
MEDIA: Memories of an economic crisis, an escapist TV obsession, and timely observations on how cheap entertainment and politics work together, intertwine in this witty, kaleidoscopic collage film of Finland in the 1990s
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The Kartli Kingdom
GEORGIA: Three generations endure postwar exile in a fractured building above Tbilisi.
The Voice of Hind Rajab
GAZA: Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize at the 82nd Venice Film Festival, Kaouther Ben Hania’s film follows Hind Rajab’s calls, Red Crescent coordination, and an ambulance denied until it’s shot.
Toni, My Father
PHILOSOPHY: From prison rituals to 1970s utopias, Anna Negri’s film reframes Toni Negri beyond labels, tracing conatus, family conflict, and the power of happy passions.
The Long Road to the Director’s Chair
GENDER: Restored 1973 footage from Berlin’s Women’s Film Seminar amplifies women’s voices on authorship abortion rights and power still urgent in today’s media.
What about identity?
IRELAND: Irish filmmakers redefine identity through intimate, political, and historical documentaries at the Krakow Film Festival’s Focus on Ireland programme.
You Need This
MEDIA: Unpacking the history of advertising and media manipulation, this film exposes capitalism’s relentless push toward overconsumption, inequality, and planetary destruction.
Independent journalism
MEDIA: To uncover something about the independent media in Turkey, I visited P24, the centre for culture and political debate – in the heart of Istanbul.
War, fear and decolonialization
INTERVIEW: Director Johan Grimonprez has for more than 25 years worked with documentaries that addresses power, media and manipulations trough his more essayistic style. His latest film, Soundtrack to a Coup d’État, was screened at Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival – where he garnered the audience award for best documentary
Living in limbo
Living in exile is hard, as we can experience in Mohamed Jabaly’s award-winning Life Is Beautiful. Despite the hardships, this film is a feel-good story celebrating solidarity and friendship.
The case of the mighty stick figures
INDIA: Indian cartoonist Rachita Taneja’s struggle against censorship and legal threats for her politically charged cartoons critical of the country’s direction.