B2B Doc hosts afternoon of documentary discussion at 50th Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival
Modern Times Review is currently in Kyiv for the 50th Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival where The Baltic 2 Black
Russia
The psychological toll of deportation
MIGRANTS: Three Swiss deportees of Turkish descent must find their way in a land that is no longer home.
Letters to Putin
RUSSIA: On the margins of state control, Ostrov – Lost Island is an evocative portrait of an imperilled Russian community.
Alternative thinking for a better world
Democracy:The world has been and will always be changing, now probably faster than ever, and we must be all-inclusive, also to remain optimistic.
Film industry unites in demanding Pussy Riot members release
Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova has penned a letter calling on the Russian government to free fellow members Maria Alekhina and
Belarus: the never-ending story
CONTROL: The brave and peaceful resistance from an underground theatre before and during the Belarusian presidential election protests.
Left in the mud
CORRUPTION: Political turmoil and ecological catastrophe come together in Venezuela’s existential fight for survival.
Russia’s war with its own people
RUSSIA: Two films look into the appeal and threat of Western favorite Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
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.
Karel Vachek: Films just have to make you laugh!
Director Karel Vachek just died, so we publish this interview. Fifty years after Prague Spring and thirty years after the Velvet Revolution, he looked back on the evolution of our society and predicts a transformation to direct democracy.
The masses and the people
PSYCHOLOGY: Is it possible to understand why the majority choose a leader or a slave-like existence?
Is there something after the collapse?
SOCIETY: Thoughts on post-collapse societies and ecosocial transition.