The Eyes of Ghana
CINEMA: Through Chris Hesse’s recollections, Ghana’s post-independence archive becomes a record of liberation shadowed by the threat of political erasure.
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Russians at War
RUSSIA: An anti-war camera slips past permits and platitudes, capturing motives, injuries, and doubts while institutions debate safety, speech, and empathy.
Romania’s TIFF unveils ten «What’s Up, Doc?» competition titles
The 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), scheduled from 13 to 22 June 2025, in Cluj-Napoca, spotlights
Letters From Wolf Street
MIGRANTS: When immigrants are the scapegoats for all of Europe’s ills, and the far right is resurgent, Arjun Talwar’s poetic glimpse into the experience of life as a foreigner in Poland is a potent antidote to hatred.
«Out of 11 bioregions in the European Union, Romania has 5. More than any other country»
TIFF: Modern Times Review speaks with Wild Romania director Dan Dinu ahead of the epic nature documentary’s world premiere.
Tracking truth beyond the frontiers of dawn
INTERVIEW: Gianfranco Rosi speaks to Modern Times Review on new film, Notturno.
Hearts of darkness, dreams of light
CONGO: Honouring survivors of his Congo’s 2000 «Six Day War» seeking acknowledgment or financial compensation for their pains.
When society is antisocial, who calls it out?
CLIMATE: Since her solitary protest outside Swedish parliament, Greta Thunberg now leads a global movement on the climate change crisis.
«I’m looking for stories and characters that make the viewer feel lucky to have chosen them»
TIFF: Ahead of the 19th Transilvania International Film Festival, which occurs 31 July – 9 August 2020, Modern Times Review spoke with both Artistic Director Mihai Chirilov and What’s Up, Doc? section programmer Ana Maria Sandu.
By the light of a mobile screen
SPIRITUALITY: In the few years since TV and internet were introduced to Bhutan, daily rituals like candle lighting and recitation of prayer now compete with the lure of smartphones.
