The Kartli Kingdom
GEORGIA: Three generations endure postwar exile in a fractured building above Tbilisi.
USSR
Visions of a waning west
CONFLICT: Emmanuel Todd predicts the West’s decline, analysing the Russo-Ukrainian war and its implications in his thought-provoking book.
A critical voice from Belarus
BELARUS: A satirical journey through Belarus’ tumultuous history from 2020 protests to the Ukraine war, blending humour with stark realities.
Requiem for a dream
RUSSIA: The absurdity of life in Yekaterinburg and the clash between those longing for imperial greatness and a small group of dissidents standing against Putin’s impending invasion of Ukraine.
«Digital images of war and violence surround us, which can desensitise us and impact our future vision»
DOCUDAYS UA: Program Director Yuliia Kovalenko on the current situation in Kyiv, the necessary adjustments to programming a festival during wartime, the role of Program Director amongst the wider team, and more.
South Lebanon as a lifelong trauma of silence
LEBANON: Young Norwegian soldiers sent to into Israel’s 1978 invasion of Lebanon received little recognition for their work and PTSD from a conflict they didn’t quite understand.
The «fragile memory» of the man behind the camera
MEMORY: A Ukrainian filmmaker turns to a forgotten photo archive as his grandfather’s memory starts fading away.
A beautiful, claustrophobic sensory assault
PRISON: An experimental journey into the history of Estonia’s notorious Patarei Sea Fortress.
Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened
DOK.REVUE: Olaf Möller remembers Karel Vachek, who died in December 2020 at the age of 80
The tentacles of totalitarianism
JUSTICE: Standing up to a brutal regime, an Uzbek woman never breaks hope in fighting for family justice.