Banned Falun Gong and the defiant story of TV hijacking
CHINA: Revisiting the Falun Gong’s TV takeover on the 20th anniversary.
propaganda
The soldiers who refused to die
CONFLICT: A Soviet soldier of Tatar descent captured by the Nazis during WWII leads to a story of an army caught between dictators.
Political propaganda, mixing of roles, and politicians – Mussolini, Franco, Hitler, Pinochet, Gaddafi, Erdoğan…
DICTATORS: It’s your connections that define you and get you employed.
The future place for human beings: a zoological garden
CONTROL: The Léa Rogliano and Pierre Hujoel Documentary What the Eye Doesn’t See is an inspiring work for extensive reflections.
Filtering the truth of war through the lens of cinema
HISTORY: Ever since they met in 1911, the moving image and war have had a contentious relationship
The archive does not lie
CONTROL: In Communist Poland, revolt intensifies as workers strike over food price increases while tension builds in the dignitaries’ offices.
Sunny Side of the Doc announces winner of 2021 Global Pitch
After over 320 professionals representing 52 countries engaged with 12 investigative documentary projects, Sunny Side of the Doc’s Global Pitch
Everything is other people’s fault
MEDIA: Where advertising gives a feeling of well-being, desire and pleasure, new media consumption gives one of paranoia, anger and mistrust. Hate sells. Even on Capitol Hill.
Old hate, new influencers
ALT-RIGHT: An investigation into the roots of rising white nationalism in the U.S. and abroad.
Is nuclear energy necessary?
NUCLEAR Carsten Rau´s documentary Atomkraft Forever navigates where Germany is in its relationship to nuclear energy.
Neither banal nor evil
CONTROL: A search for understanding from a survivor of Aum Shinrikyo’s 1995 sarin gas attack on Tokyo’s subway.
Last stop utopia
CUBA: After ushering in the American Empire and its eventual revolt against it, Hubert Sauper takes an immersive look at Cuba and its people.