Rehearsals for a Revolution
IRAN: Across five portraits spanning half a century, Rehearsals for a Revolution turns private loss into public memory, showing how Iran’s resistance movements continue to return after every crackdown.
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Rehearsals for a Revolution
IRAN: Is a revolution against an entrenched military dictatorship possible? Iranians have attempted it multiple times.
«The house could still hold pain, but it could also hold another future»
INTERVIEW: A return to a house left behind in exile becomes an excavation of what cannot be easily restored. In Where the Silence Is Heard, Gabriela Pena and Picho García trace how memory, fear, and absence continue to structure intimacy across generations.
Exploring cinematic reflections of crisis: documentary on the march
CINEMA: More prescient than ever, Doclisboa’s «Documentary on the March» retrospective provide a blueprint for today’s documentaries for social change.
Kyiv LGBTQ+ festival Sunny Bunny presents selection of queer films in Ukraine despite the war
From June 22nd to 28th, #Sunny Bunny# Film Festival not only offers unwavering support for Ukranian queer cinema but also
Unleashing the power of Irish documentaries: the Pull Focus Competition at Docs Ireland
Docs Ireland, now in its 5th year, is currently showcasing the best of Irish documentary cinema through its highly anticipated
Fascinating fascism and seductive leaders
NEO-FASCISM: Do many still have fascist yearnings today, or can one always blame seductive leaders? A closer dive into the 100-year-old Italian fascism and its descendants says something about the dangers we are likely to face.
Diversity didn’t end social inequality
IDENTITY: For the young, queer community of Medellín, the injustices of colonial heritage consistently intertwine with the brutality of today’s global liberal capitalism.
«Since we are far from the big urban centres makes it a unique and different experience from other film festivals»
MDOC: Director Carlos Eduardo Viana on the Portuguese documentary festival’s 2022 edition.
Sunny Side of the Doc 2022: the complete winners
The 33rd Sunny Side of the Doc has drawn to a close after 4 days of return to La Rochelle.
Every war is a war against children
CONFLICT: Life stories reflecting some of the worst war scenes we know from the last century.
A cruel game by Hitler’s favourite filmmaker, exposed
HISTORY: Nina Gladitz’s film about Roma and Sinti survivors of Shoah has been hidden in the WDR archive since 1982. Reactions to her book show we live in times when searching for the truth and giving voice to the weakest in societysociety causes suspicion, not respect. But simply accepting that such are the times might be the real problem.