IDFA: Modern Times Review speaks head programmers Laura van Halsema and Joost Daamen on the breakdown of programming such a vast selection of films, how to maintain a balanced lineup, the reasoning behind its 2022 focus programmes, and more.
MOVIES ON WAR: Modern Times Review spoke with Festival Director Øystein Egge on the nature and mission of the festival, the importance of presenting a balanced programme, and, the highlight films throughout.
MILITARY: Neutral for more than 500 years, Switzerland maintains a citizen army that can be mobilised in minutes.
CINEMA: Four films and two books – can they capture something about this newly dead legend of cinema? Let me try, especially with Godard’s intellectual autobiography and two new films about him.
WAR: Footage from a Soviet war crimes trial in Kiev in 1946 underscores today’s atrocities committed by the heirs to the Red Army in Ukraine.
NORDISK PANORAMA: Ahead of the 33rd edition, Modern Times Review spoke with its Director and city-wide Cinema Walk coordinator on this year’s festival as it further aims to connect local businesses and the community.
CONFLICT: The story of wealthy foreigners who turned besieged Sarajevo into a human safari, paying high fees for the chance to shoot at the residents.
HELL: Is it possible to simultaneously touch on four major themes, such as sin and evil, the desire for knowledge and conquest, relationships and competition, or the fear of death itself? Let me try in this essay – about Thomas Hylland Eriksen and Dante.
CONFLICT: A slow-burn lesson in the human casualties of failed politics on the disputed Georgian-Abkhazian border.