Sabaya: He said, she said, she said
VIEWS: Sabaya and consent in documentary
Syria
«The Central and Eastern European Documentary industry is still healthy, despite damages that pandemic may have infused.»
DOKUFEST: Artistic Director Veton Nurkollari on the festival’s jubilee edition.
The European administration and the lost children of al-Hol
FAMILY: European governments still refuse to repatriate their state members, including their children
Repenting at leisure
EXTREMISM: A portrait of a group of Western women who pledged their lives to ISIS, but now want to return home to restart their lives.
What happened to Sweden?
FAMILY: After the death of his ISIS bride daughter, one man struggles to then free his multiple grandchildren from a Syrian prison camp.
The bodies made for war
CONFLICT: As Germany switches its military apparatus more akin to the USA, it is those without opportunity and means frequently finding themselves on the frontlines.
A young woman’s might
SYRIA: After aiding in her region’s liberation from ISIS, 19-year old Hala must now do the same for her sisters arranged marriages.
Poetry of pain
REFUGEES: Gradually cut off, the civilians of the world’s largest Palestinian refugee camp organise themselves to resist starvation and despair.
The «disappeared»
CONFLICT: The abductions and disappearance of over 100,000 Syrians reveal yet another aspect of a cruel war strategy.
Underrepresented participants of war
CONFLICT: Fleeing one war and entering into another, the grief and uncertainty of one Syrian family beg the question: what drives a person to serve a country that doesn’t always appreciate the sacrifice?
Tracking truth beyond the frontiers of dawn
INTERVIEW: Gianfranco Rosi speaks to Modern Times Review on new film, Notturno.
IDFA welcomes Gianfranco Rosi as 2020 guest of honour
IDFA has announced its 2020 Guest of Honor as Italian director Gianfranco Rosi. Among Rosi’s many accolades, he is the