Pakistan
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Where 97 percent of the population lives on the threshold of starvation
AFGHANISTAN: Zarifa Ghafari is on the BBC's list of the world's 100 most influential women. This Afghan mayor knows very well that she is a symbol – but perhaps most of all an attraction.
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The cultural identity of the displaced
IDENTITY: In two Nordisk Panorama-screened films, a growing number of second-generation immigrants express how they do not feel truly included in their European birth countries.
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Devoted to a double life
RELIGION: After decades of living a secret life, a filmmaker travels to a Japanese monastery in an exploration of truth, faith and love.
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Hopeless endeavours down the supply chain
CAPITALISM: No justice in a world where Third World workers are as disposable as the cheap garments they make.
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Forty years in Nicaragua, dreaming
LIFE: Shot over 40 years, an epic about one woman’s struggle for independence requiring her to face her past in the macho-culture of Central America.
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Waiting and seeing
IFFR: Two shorts from the 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam highlight experience from Central America to Pakistan, and beyond.
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Ghandi’s method
PHILOSOPHY: Can traditions of brotherhood, friendship, and solidarity still be established amongst today's majorities?
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Werner Herzog: «Facts do not constitute the truth»
Acclaimed German film director Werner Herzog talks about his most recent film Meeting Gorbachev, while also warning against trying to articulate the truth in precise terms.
