Ukraine
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What to Stream at the 17th Docudays UA Digital Edition
Attending the #Docudays UA# International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival a couple of years back proved to be one of my most memorable festival experiences. Admittedly, part of that had to do with being acutely aware of my foreignness (I encountered not one other American during my stay – well, unless you count the mercenary…
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The healing power of cinema
CONFLICT: Through their collective artistic project, a single mother and her four children cope with life inside a war zone.
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Unpredictability is a very good trait
IDENTITY: A kaleidoscopic portrait of a strange and divided nation behind the scenes
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Truth as a game of cat and mouse
MEDIA:The Bellingcat group is on the frontline of an urgent counter-movement against the manufacture and dissemination of lies that are destabilising traditional journalism.
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What do you really know about Donbass? (Other than what you read in the news)
Loznitsa's journey through the Donbass region is composed of a series of crazy adventures in which the grotesque and the tragic merge.
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Day-to-day life amongst a pro-Russian battalion in Ukraine
Their Own Republic by Russian director Aliona Polunina caused quite a fury at this year‘s Doclisboa due to its pro-Russian stance. The documentary nonetheless offers an interesting insight into the side of the Ukrainian conflict rarely portrayed in western media.
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Life at the edge of a war zone
Following a Tanzanian taxi driver in a small town in the Donetsk province in Ukraine, Long Echo offers a fresh view on a story that has all-but disappeared from the daily news bulletins of European media outlets.
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Useful idiots
Sergei Loznitsa’s most recent film contrasts the sombre with the celebratory at the yearly pro-Russia gathering on Victory Day at the Soviet Memorial in Berlin.
