Philippines
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Thessaloniki Documentary Festival announces full 2024 competition slate
The 26th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, scheduled from 7 to 17 March, 2024, will feature 36 documentaries in its competition, including 9 Greek productions. The festival’s competition is structured into several sections: the International Competition, Newcomers, and Film Forward, each designed to highlight different aspects of documentary filmmaking. The Golden Alexander award in the International…
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FIFDH announces 2024 Impact Filmmaking for Social Justice webinar details
The upcoming «Impact Days Webinar» on 18 January, 2024, from #FIFDH, promises to delve into the intricate and often perilous world of impact filmmaking, particularly in the realm of #social justice# and #human rights#. The focus is on a critical question: How do we safeguard the activists we spotlight while amplifying their message? Documentaries have…
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Krakow Film Festival announces 5 non-competing «World Stories» selections
Krakow Film Festival’s «World Stories» attracts moviegoers fascinated by distant cultures, extraordinary places and extraordinary stories. One of the films, Life in a Day 2020, will be presented in the unique space of the open-air Kino pod Wawelem on Monday, the 31st of May. Buromsky Island tells of stories about the times when they stayed…
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The death of democracy by a thousand cuts
JOURNALISM: A vivid portrait of tenacious Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, founder of the Duterte-critical Rappler.com.
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When maids are slaves
SLAVERY: The desperate struggle for justice in a country with no labour laws protecting foreign domestic workers.
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The death that denies its name
DRUGS: Since the election of Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, a collection of evil spirits have been appearing on the streets of Manila.
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A midnight meeting with Kiri Dalena
OBERHAUSEN From Oberhausen 2019, we speak with The Philippines Kiri Dalena
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Looking at the Philippines today: survey and resistance
PHILIPPINES: A retrospective of Kiri Dalena’s works at Oberhausen 2019
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A permission structure for mass murder
DRUGS: What happens when you don’t just give the executers of state monopolized violence license to kill, but also a promise of impunity?