nationalism
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Ethnocineca 2025 announces programme under the theme of “Hauntings”
The 19th edition of #ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna will take place from May 8 to 14, 2025, presenting a rich and politically charged program under the thematic focus HAUNTINGS. Held at Vienna’s Votiv Kino and Kino De France, the festival will feature 53 documentaries from 33 countries, encompassing two world premieres, one…
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«Let’s Talk Climate!» – African Encounters 2025 at DOK.fest München
Since 2013, #DOK.fest München# has maintained a thematic commitment to the African continent. Through its African Encounters strand, the festival offers a platform in Germany for African documentary filmmakers and intercontinental dialogue. In 2025, this initiative turns its focus to #climate justice, addressing the entangled legacies of ##colonialism and environmental crisis under the motto Let’s…
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To Be Continued. Teenhood
Adolescence: A layered portrait of adolescence, To Be Continued. Teenhood explores Latvia’s rural-urban divide, cultural identity, and the universal challenges of growing up.
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The new barbarians
MIGRATION: When visiting a migrant island like Lampedusa, what experiences can be linked to the theory of the 'Other'? Perhaps some philosophers can show the way. Unless the migrants are the best guides.
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Ethics for humanity to come
ETHICS: In the era of technology, the Western roots in Greek and Judeo-Christian traditions lose enchantment. Umberto Galimberti advocates for an ethics of aimless wandering, denouncing dominance and embracing a cosmopolitan, biocentric view that life on the earth is the measure of all things.
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Weaponising art
UKRAINE: The profound impact of art as a means of survival and resistance against cultural erasure.
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The Chinese dream: «Our time has come»
GEOPOLITICS: Is the current systemic divide between the US and China insurmountable?
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Germany’s soft glove of public relations
POLITICS: A close look at the communication strategies of four MPs from the right-wing populist party AfD.
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In the billowing night
COLONIALISM: The French colonial crimes in Réunion island are slowly brought to light.