pandemic
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To The West, In Zapata
CUBA: A hypnotic black and white portrait of family life on the margins, where propaganda blares from the radio and love becomes the last reliable safety net.
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Coexistence, My Ass!
PEACE: Noam Shuster Eliassi’s path from UN hopeful to fearless comedian, testing taboos and hope between Jews and Palestinians in Israel.
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Sunlight on pause in Kharkiv’s underground
UKRAINE: The courage and community of Kharkiv's metro dwellers amidst ongoing attacks.
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Changing the world through documentary
MEDIA: Cultural anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner provides an easy-read introduction to the logic and visions behind Brave New Films, whose documentary production is non-profit and distributed through social and political networks with the articulated goal of mobilising resistance against capitalism, racism, and fascism.
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Opposite poles
SCIENCE: The scientific and the natural combine to construct a contemporary portrait of a contradictory reality in the Catalan countryside and help us rethink our relationship with these seemingly antithetical worlds.
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Braving the Brahmaputra
CLIMATE: As global warming increases heavy flooding on Bangladesh's mighty Brahmaputra River, impoverished inhabitants of its mud islands are forced to flee.
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Life and community in virtual worlds
GAMING: A deep dive into virtual survivalist communities and the blur between reality and gaming.
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«l always wanted to focus on the earnest and professional presentation of the films»
DOKUARTS: Modern Times Review speaks with Artistic Director Andreas Lewin on the 2023 theme, why DOKUARTS is not a competition festival, the place of the festival within the wider continental landscape, and more.
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What makes human life worth living?
EXTINCTION: A disturbingly accurate farewell to human life on planet earth.