NATO
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«We are ten years old, but we are still young»
INTERVIEW: At ten years old, MOLDOX meets Moldova’s EU horizon and the war’s shadow with «Chaos. Reinventing Reality,» testing whether documentary can fortify a fragile public sphere.
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Dokufest: Guardians of Democracy in Past Imperfect
DEMOCRACY: In light of the Western political discourse increasingly revealing its own hypocrisy, four DokuFest short films revisit the past, uncovering details that cast new light on the shaken image of today's so-called liberal order.
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Cultural resistance
UKRAINE: In Kyiv, cultural life is flourishing despite the war. We explore the city through artists, intellectuals, researchers, curators, cultural workers and poets who have stayed behind. Some say it feels like the ‘new Berlin’. Here, artists are neither commentators nor observers: they create bonds, build networks, tell small stories and provide a means of…
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The taste of Kyiv
UKRAINE: How can you think when you are surrounded by explosions? In Kyiv, the normal and the abnormal exist side by side. Here, UNESCO has reported at least 670 destroyed cultural sites, including 145 religious and 238 of historical/artistic significance. On this investigative journey, we meet European intellectuals on the front line. How can we…
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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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Facing War
NATO: If this opening film at CPH:DOX was screened 30 years ago, we would have bought this narrative. But now, we have alternative media, independent authors, investigative journalists, Wikileaks and solidarity communities outside the military media research community.
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CPH:DOX announces 2025 opening film
CPH:DOX has announced Facing War as its opening film for the 2025 edition. Directed by Norwegian filmmaker #Tommy Gulliksen#, the documentary provides a rare behind-the-scenes look at #Jens Stoltenberg#’s final years as #NATO Secretary General amid rising global tensions. The world premiere will take place at the Royal Danish Academy of Music’s concert hall on…
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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.
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