Defense mechanisms
ISRAEL: An apartment building in Jerusalem exposes the repressive and damaging manifestations of Israel’s concept of defense.
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The absurdity of humanity
HISTORY: A new doc based on the much-heralded book EUROPEANA attempts to hold true to its impassive recounting of the history of the 20th century.
«And then there was silence»
WAR REPORTER: Living a life in a state of emergency, renowned war photographer Jan Grarup’s work has taken him to conflict zones around the world, from Darfur to Mosul.
Breaking the silence about the Lebanese civil war
BEIRUT: About a War demonstrates how understanding our history can breed solace, solidarity, and progress in a society where the past is a taboo.
A descent into the realm of torture
SYRIA: Forced to spend three days together in a sparsely furnished room with three single mattresses and a covered window, three Syrian men sit and talk within their makeshift prison cell.
Where there is love, there is life
HOLOCAUST: Marek Edelman… And There Was Love in the Ghetto is not a historical account, not a teaching of facts. It is a beautiful, joyous and painful bubble of the memories of one man who lived during the Holocaust.
Lost outside time
SYRIA: In Syria, not even once dead do you get peace. You may have thought that you had seen all. Instead, you had yet seen nothing.
From the frontlines of the war on refugees
REFUGEES: Chinese artist and filmmaker Ai Weiwei follows up his documentary Human Flow with a reportage from the warzones that await refugees in Europe. The Rest is about the millions who came for shelter but found none.
The anatomy of neo-nationalist misogyny
JAPAN: Miki Dezaki set out to understand why a network of powerful people find it so important to shut up the women who demand justice for the sexual labour they were coerced into during WWII.