A chilling look into China’s surveillance state
SURVEILLANCE: The Chinese surveillance state in a tale of technology, censorship and abuse of power in the 21st century.
Social media
Prevent the abuse of human rights in social media
SOCIAL MEDIA: Two films from One World IHRFF prompt us to think about what kind of social media we want in the future.
A collective memory of the world itself
BOOKS: How books represent a collective world memory, as described through the vast collection of Umberto Eco.
New Tech – Manufacturing the Truth?
IDFA: Filmmakers and artists weigh in on old and new technologies in documentary film and their ethical implications.
An eternal audition
IDENTITY: Encounters with three other «new comers» to the Netherlands, the IDFA opening film turns the spotlight on all of us as it ponders questions of belonging, who gets exclusion, and the constant reaffirmation of outsider status.
Inside Switzerland’s compulsory military service
MILITARY: Neutral for more than 500 years, Switzerland maintains a citizen army that can be mobilised in minutes.
We must activate our voices for Iran!
The Norwegian-Iranian filmmaker #Ali Parandian# is the man behind the petition «The Nordic Film Community stand with protesters in Iran».
Slovakia’s press freedom under fire
JOURNALISM: Uncovering a vast corruption network at the highest levels of Slovak society.
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?
The autocrat’s fatal signature
RUSSIA: A Sundance-winning docu-thriller following the recent attempt on the Russian opposition leader’s life.