The shifting sands of capitalism
ECONOMICS Inflation rears its ugly head after 40 years at bay.
Turkey
«Every documentary from this region is simply a labour of love, enthusiasm, solidarity within a film crew»
SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL: Modern Times Review speaks with Sarajevo Film Festival Documentary Programme programmer Rada Šešić on the documentaries in competition, Docu Rough Cut Boutique, the place of Sarajevo Film Festival among the wider festival landscape, and more.
Germany’s soft glove of public relations
POLITICS: A close look at the communication strategies of four MPs from the right-wing populist party AfD.
Film editing – classical or not?
Editorial: After 40 years as film editor, Niels Pagh Andersen now has written an inspiring book combined with video interviews with 8 filmmakers. What did he learn on this long voyage?
The psychological toll of deportation
MIGRANTS: Three Swiss deportees of Turkish descent must find their way in a land that is no longer home.
Death in Istanbul
CONTROL: In October 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and never came out, leaving his fiancée and an international community of dissidents to piece together clues to his murder.
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?
For the millions of others
MIGRANTS: By focusing on the life of one small family battling faceless bureaucracy in an uncaring world, Eva Mulvad tells a story of our times.
Close to Turkey’s border
ECO-FEMINISM: Nature is the best source for strength and survival in a war-torn part of the world, and Kurdish women of Syria intend to utilize this while rebuilding their lives when peace settles in again.