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«You can feel the confidence and lack of compromise in the filmmaking»
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.
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«We are a festival that tries to make a difference and to uncover injustice»
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.
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Inside Switzerland’s compulsory military service
MILITARY: Neutral for more than 500 years, Switzerland maintains a citizen army that can be mobilised in minutes.
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Jean-Luc Godard: Death was waiting
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.
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History repeating
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.
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«We see it as an excellent way to reach audiences who would perhaps not normally be inclined to attend a film festival»
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.
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Human safari
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.
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Two testaments over life
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.
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A forgotten Caucasian geopolitical fracture line
CONFLICT: A slow-burn lesson in the human casualties of failed politics on the disputed Georgian-Abkhazian border.