The case of the mighty stick figures
INDIA: Indian cartoonist Rachita Taneja’s struggle against censorship and legal threats for her politically charged cartoons critical of the country’s direction.
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Why are the youth in Iraq protesting?
IRAQ: In Iraq, the youth don’t trust the politicians or the parties. We met the director and producer of Baghdad on Fire, which addresses the bad governance of their country’s leaders and the mobilisation of the youth who really fight for change.
The perilous path of exposing corruption
IRAN: Examining Iran’s lack of free media and the risks faced by those, like Roohallah Zam, who dare to challenge the clerical elite’s authority.
When violence becomes the only way
POWER: According to Hannah Arendt, the use of violence, weapons, and bombs renders us politically voiceless. Can her particular analyses of power teach us anything about the violence being perpetrated from and in Gaza today?
Confronting the captors
ISIS: A shocking and brutal account of the fate of a Danish photographer held hostage held by Islamic State terrorists.
Between Revolutions: «I am more fascinated by the archival material than the present»
REVOLUTION: We joined film director Vlad Petri under a fig tree in Skopje as he reflects on the stories of women’s resilience and revolution in his film Between Revolutions.
Dark days revisited
SYRIA: Former ISIS hostage Marc Marginedas returns to Raqqa to confront the ghosts of his past.
And, Towards Happy Alleys
IRAN: Indian filmmaker Sreemoyee Singh celebrates Iran’s cinema and poetry while shedding light on daily life and the fight for freedom.
In the desert landscape of speculation media
MEDIA: Surveys show that more than half of Germany’s population believe they receive fake news. In France, 80 percent believe the same.
Totalitarianism then and now
IDEOLOGY: A disintegrated society finds unity, energy, and meaning by uniting around a suitable’ enemy’. Totalitarian propaganda has led to the decision to allow Ukraine to use F-16 fighter jets against the nuclear power Russia – with the significant consequences it may entail.
A frozen art for futile times
ART: With the slogan ethics before aesthetics, a group of Serbian artists collectively looked to draw attention to the negative social trends of the time.