Poland
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To Hear Children Weeping in a Photograph
PHOTOGRAPHY: The journalistic war photos that we have, unfortunately, seen so frequently in recent months are primarily meant to inform us about the conflict. However, they often strive to take on a subjective character and become political actors. Photographs of suffering children play a special role in this transformation. What role?
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A cruel game by Hitler’s favourite filmmaker, exposed
HISTORY: Nina Gladitz’s film about Roma and Sinti survivors of Shoah has been hidden in the WDR archive since 1982. Reactions to her book show we live in times when searching for the truth and giving voice to the weakest in societysociety causes suspicion, not respect. But simply accepting that such are the times might…
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Millennium Docs Against Gravity to feature Susan Sontag retrospective
The 19th Millennium Docs Against Gravity (12 – 22 May 2022) will present both the first documentary films, as well as feature productions, of American essayist #Susan Sontag#. This will be the first time such a wide-ranging showcase will be presented to the public in #Poland. At Millennium Docs Against Gravity, the festival audience will…
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Totally Under Control: The Forever Prisoner
JUSTICE: Twenty years on Guantánamo Bay's first high-value detainee has still never been charged with a crime or allowed to challenge his detention.
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Krakow Film Festival opens 2022 call for submissions
From 29 May to 5 June (physical) and 3 to 12 June (online), Krakow Film Festival will again curate approximately 200 carefully selected films over several thematic series and 4 competitions. As every year, all competition films will be presented in #Poland for the first time, and many of them will have their world premieres…
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Nordisk Panorama welcomes Polish Docs as guest country delegation
For the second time since 1994, #Poland has been welcomed to the Nordisk Panorama Forum. The #Polish Docs# delegation will include producers and filmmakers developing documentaries and short films. The delegation is organised by the Krakow Film Foundation and co-financed by the Polish Film Institute and the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage, and Sport. As…
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Intellectual foundations for fascism
FASCISM: Since the beginnings of the 20th Century, fascist ideals have emerged from many places one may not expect.
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The world of tomorrow
CONTROL: A dystopic visual essay reflecting on the filmmaker’s children’s future in a technological world.
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IDF/DAE survey finds limited Central & Eastern European documentary representation across continent markets
At Sunny Side of the Doc on 23 June, 2021 the Institute of Documentary Film and DAE – Documentary Association of Europe presented the Movements of Central and Eastern European Projects via European Documentary Markets survey. Conducted between January and March 2021, the survey aimed to map the circulation of Central and Eastern European projects…