The cultural identity of the displaced
IDENTITY: In two Nordisk Panorama-screened films, a growing number of second-generation immigrants express how they do not feel truly included in their European birth countries.
Russia
Two testaments over life
HELL: Is it possible to simultaneously touch on four major themes, such as sin and evil, the desire for knowledge and conquest, relationships and competition, or the fear of death itself? Let me try in this essay – about Thomas Hylland Eriksen and Dante.
A forgotten Caucasian geopolitical fracture line
CONFLICT: A slow-burn lesson in the human casualties of failed politics on the disputed Georgian-Abkhazian border.
A case of history repeating
CONFLICT: After Crimea was annexed into the Russian Federation, a genocide began against the peninsula’s indigenous people – the Crimean Tatars.
Unearthing hidden truths in the Moscow Metro
RUSSIA: A year-long study of Russia’s capital, capturing the day-to-day of ordinary city dwellers and momentous national events.
The war – and the crowd
EDITORIAL: As MODERN TIMES REVIEW editor, I publish a selection of articles that may reflect different opinions most people (the crowd) have about the war in Ukraine.
«I think there’s a real need to see new faces»
SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC: Director of Strategy & Development Mathieu Béjot on the La Rochelle market’s 33rd edition.
Choices of war
CONFLICT: Sergei Loznitsa’s sombre documentary, The Natural History of Destruction, re-examines the heavy bombing of British and German cities during World War Two, posing the question – ‘is it morally acceptable to kill civilian populations as a means of war?’
State-conjured terrorism
RUSSIA: An ordinary Russian teenager was arrested and incarcerated on charges of extremism. Three years later, the fight for her innocence continues.
Baltic Sea Docs announces its 2022 project call
The 26th edition of Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries (BSD) will take place from 5 – 11 September 2022 in
Holidays and power
RUSSIA: Cinematic mosaic of its public holidays as Kremlin ‘closes in’ on Russian society