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Let the young die

Nick Holdsworth / October 28, 2024

CONFLICT: Ville Suhonen’s study of the cult of youth soldiers in inter-war Finland shows there’s nothing new in the old sacrificing the young for their own aims.

Children of War and Peace, conflict, Continuation War, fascist, Healthcare, Illume Oy, jihlava idff, Mannerheim League, moscow, Nazi, propaganda, Red Army, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, Ville Suhonen, Winter War

Don't Come Back Chiara Avesani, Matteo Delbò

Documenting Italy at FIPADOC 2024

Modern Times Review / January 16, 2024

The 2024 edition of the #FIPADOC International Documentary Festival is set to unfurl from 19 – 27 January, dedicating its

Baltic, Doc Around Europe, family, Finland, FIPADOC, Germany, Grief, Italy, Kenya, Libya, Marco Bellocchio, Mediterranean, memory, migrants, suicide, Sweden, Visegrad

What would you do if you didn’t have to work?

Truls Lie / October 12, 2023

FUTURE: Renowned filmmaker Erik Gandini talks to Modern Times Review about the meaning a society based intensively towards work. But also more existential questions like Basic Salary, individualism – and interdependence as a way forward.

artificial intelligence, automation, basic income, Biografilm, ChatGPT, donald trump, Elon Musk, future, Hippie, industrial revolution, interconnectivity, Kuwait, Metaverse?, militarism, Noam Chomsky, Norway, Peter Russell, Scandinavia, Sweden, Twitter, United States, Virtual Reality, Zygmunt Bauman

Ashes Settling in Layers on the Surface Zoia Laktionova

Kyiv LGBTQ+ festival Sunny Bunny presents selection of queer films in Ukraine despite the war

Modern Times Review / June 27, 2023

From June 22nd to 28th, #Sunny Bunny# Film Festival not only offers unwavering support for Ukranian queer cinema but also

Brazil, Germany, LGBTQ, Mariupol, Spain, Sunny Bunny, Sweden, Ukraine, USA

Unleashing the power of Irish documentaries: the Pull Focus Competition at Docs Ireland

Steve Rickinson / June 22, 2023

Docs Ireland, now in its 5th year, is currently showcasing the best of Irish documentary cinema through its highly anticipated

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Beirut, Brussels, Cahal McNaughton, Chile, Docs Ireland, France, Gary Lennon, Ireland, Nuclear, Orla Barry, Spain, Stephen Skrynka, Sweden

Calendar Girls Maria Loohufvud Love Martinsen

Embracing femininity as a form of empowerment

Margareta Hruza / October 6, 2022

FEMININITY: Two films from Nordisk Panorama observe groups of women going against social conventions in claiming back youth on their own terms.

Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir, femininity, Florida, Hollywood, Hot Docs, Iceland, Love Martinsen, Maria Loohufvud, Miami and, Nordisk Panorama, Reykjavík), Sundance, Sweden, Winston Churchill

The war – and the crowd

Truls Lie / June 15, 2022

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.

barbarism, Clausewitz, Crimea, Donbas, EDITORIAL, EDITORIAL:, Edward Bernays, Fred Kagan, Freud, Kimberly Kagan, kissinger, Kyiv, mass, masses, NATO, NATO membership as, propaganda, Putin, Robert Kagan, Russia, Stoltenberg, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, Victoria Nuland, von der Leyen, Zelensky

Palestine, Portugal, pluralism

Truls Lie / December 13, 2021

Let me take this time for more examples identity is problematic. Who-you-are and where-you-belong-to are still debated. As usual, Norway’s

Anna Linde, Anniken Huitfeldt, Antonio Gramscii, Arne Ruth, Cecilia Mangini, Cinematheque, Democracy, Doclisboa, Emmanuel Lévinas, Israel, Julian Assange, media, Norway, Palestine, Portugal, South-America, Sweden, Søren Kierkegaard, UN

IDFA Country Focus: Chile

Steve Rickinson / November 18, 2020

The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam kicks off its festival today through 6 December 2020 (online market shave been open since

Belgium, ChileDoc, Diego Pino Anguita, DOK Leipzig, IDFA, Norway, Peru, Santiago, Sweden

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«Now, in the midst of pandemic constraints, is the best time to reflect on the essential role of the films, cinema, film festivals»

Steve Rickinson / September 26, 2020

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL: Head of Programming Csilla Kato speaks on the Romanian documentary festival’s 2020 hybrid edition, its challenges, and the post-pandemic industry.

activism, Astra Film Festival, Csilla Kato, Denmark, fat, Instagram, Netflix, Norway, Romania, Scandinavian, Sibiu, Sweden, Talking About Adultery, The Corncrake Paradox, trauma, VOD

A woman’s struggle with reality

Truls Lie / July 22, 2020

WOMEN OF EUROPE: Sweden’s former Foreign and Vice Prime Minister Margot Wallström believes we currently live in a world of autocrats, where Nordic welfare values have poor conditions.

Afghanistan, bernie sanders, Cairo, capitalism, coronavirus, European Green Deal, FARC, Hamas, human rights, Hungary, Israel, Mali, Norway, Palestine, Peter Hultqvist, Poland, populism, Rojava, Salam Fayyad, saudi arabia, Social media, Sweden, taliban, the, Thomas Piketty, United States, welfare, WOMEN OF EUROPE, WOMEN OF EUROPE:

Cannes Docs – Marché du Film & CPH:DOX on «Documentary Production now – and beyond!»

Lauren Wissot / June 29, 2020

CANNES DOCS: Cannes Docs – Marché du Film & CPH:DOX provide the informative panel discussion «Documentary Production now – and beyond!»

Asia, Brazil, Cannes Docs, coronavirus, CPH:DOX, Documentary, Final Cut for Real, Finland, IDFA, narrative, North Korean, refugee, Seoul, Sonntag Pictures, South Korean, Sweden, Ukraine, Zoom