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Cultural resistance
UKRAINE: In Kyiv, cultural life is flourishing despite the war. We explore the city through artists, intellectuals, researchers, curators, cultural workers and poets who have stayed behind. Some say it feels like the ‘new Berlin’. Here, artists are neither commentators nor observers: they create bonds, build networks, tell small stories and provide a means of…
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The taste of Kyiv
UKRAINE: How can you think when you are surrounded by explosions? In Kyiv, the normal and the abnormal exist side by side. Here, UNESCO has reported at least 670 destroyed cultural sites, including 145 religious and 238 of historical/artistic significance. On this investigative journey, we meet European intellectuals on the front line. How can we…
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Everything Needs to Live
UKRAINE: As war rages, a world champion weightlifter becomes an unexpected hero, tending to wounded pets and people with tireless resolve.
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The Eukrainian
UKRAINE: The high-wire act of a Ukrainian leader navigating war, diplomacy, and EU bureaucracy in a continent losing its sense of unity.
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19th ethnocineca to open with intimate portrait of war, memory, and displacement
The 19th edition of #ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna will open on 8 May 2025, with the Austrian premiere of Home Game by #Lidija Zelovic#. The festival, which runs through May 14 at Vienna’s Votiv Kino and Kino De France, brings a thematic focus on «Hauntings»—a reflection on how history lingers in personal…
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East Doc Platform 2025 set to kick off in Prague
Prague is set to host the East Doc Platform 2025 from March 13 to 19, bringing together industry professionals, emerging filmmakers, and documentary enthusiasts. Organized by the Institute of Documentary Film in cooperation with the One World Festival, the event serves as a premier networking and pitching forum while offering insights into the latest trends in…
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Dahomey
DECOLONALISATION: Blending nonfiction and magic, Mati Diop's Dahomey blends gives voice to looted statues while exploring the complexity of restitution.
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Trains
TRANSPORT: IDFA best film award winner Polish director Maciej Drygas's entrancing Trains is a mesmerising journey through much of the 20th century by rail, accompanied by a subtly intense soundtrack.
