Visions du réel
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Landscapes of Resistance
TRAUMA: An unorthodox documentary on the exceptional journey of one of Serbia's first female partisans, who helped lead the resistance in Auschwitz.
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Visions du Réel announces Emmanuel Carrère 2021 Guest of Honour
The 52nd edition of Visions du Réel, taking place from 15 to 25 April 2021, will pay tribute to the French author, filmmaker, and screenwriter #Emmanuel Carrère# by awarding him its Honorary Award (previously the «Prix Maître du Réel»). This homage will include a Masterclass, a Carte Blanche, and the presentation of his documentary Retour…
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Programmers, festival directors, audiences select the best of DAFilms
2020 saw DAFilms celebrate its 15th anniversary marked by record audience interest. In celebration, the platform has curated its traditional Christmas programme «Best of DAFilms», featuring the most popular films that premiered online on the portal this year. The programme is created by DAFilms viewers according to what they watched and searched for the most…
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Radiograph of a Family
FAMILY: The daughter of a secular father and a devout mother tells the story reflective of the political events leading to the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
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Station to stationary
TRANSFORMATION: Probing the extinction of history in Zürich as a railway station makes way for a deportation center.
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Humans of no nation
REFUGEES: Since 2016, 700,000 people of the Rohingya Muslim minority fled Myanmar making the Kutupalong refugee camp one of the biggest in the world.
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A black Jesus in a white town
PREJUDICE: In one Sicilian town, anti-migrant sentiment juxtaposes with its centuries-long worshipping of a statue depicting a black Jesus.
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Women Power
BIOGRAPHY: Subtly assembled, minimalist praise of the goodness and beauty, intelligence and power of the female members of Roberto Rossellini’s families.
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When time is your only ally
IDENTITY: Thrown into a world to suffer similar refusals unite two young men, one Sicilian, the other Nigerian.