Terrorisation in the Lebanese skies

CONFLICT: Nyon's Vision du Réel selection helps uncover unexpected forms of torture.

Scrolling into the abyss

NIHILISM: A globe-trotting journey through the emotional wasteland of the digital age.

Four daughters unveil the path of choice

FAMILY: An intimate look at the challenges and decisions facing four sisters in Tunisia, shaped by their environment.

Between mysticism and monotony

RELIGION: Step into the shadows where the arcane rituals of the Church of Satan come to life.

A critical voice from Belarus

BELARUS: A satirical journey through Belarus' tumultuous history from 2020 protests to the Ukraine war, blending humour with stark realities.

Eastern promises

ELECTIONS: Tricked by cynical populists' fake commitments for their own obscure ends, the elderly residents of an entire village in Georgia are left toothless, figuratively and literally.

Victory Day

RUSSIA: Victory Day in Russia in 2022 – barely six weeks after Putin's invasion of Ukraine – plays out the same tired old themes of the Red Army's victory over Nazism in 1945, with those celebrating eagerly taking up the new propaganda of victory.

Widowhood in India as farmers’ suicides soar

GRIEF: Amidst India's farmer suicide crisis, a young woman navigates her grief as she joins a community of widows.

The solitary path

SPIRITUALITY: The transformation from renowned HIV researcher to Buddhist monk unveils complexities of solitude, mental health, and familial reconciliation.

Bodily autonomy in contemporary Europe

BODIES: Elina Psykou's debut feature delves into biopolitics and bodily management, reflecting on Foucault's theory of biopower in Europe.

Echoes of Geronimo

IDENTITY: A captivating road movie adventure to find the lost Apache tribe blending humour and poignant revelations on the complex tapestry of indigenous identity and colonial impact.

A certain kind of president’s last days

BIOGRAPHY: Havel's legacy as a dissident, playwright, and president, highlighted in a film that contrasts his ideals with today's political climate.

Quick eyes and quaking earth

IRAN: Through everyday encounters, Terrestrial Verses exposes the suffocating bureaucracy and corruption stifling Iran's citizens

Bodies and freedom

THESSALONIKI: Elina Psykou's Stray Bodies sheds thought-provoking light on bodily autonomy through abortion, in-vitro fertilization and euthanasia, while Tzeli Hadjidimitriou tells the story of the lesbian community on the island of Lesvos in Lesvia.

CPH:DOX INTER:ACTIVE: Intersections of flesh and code

REPORT: When CPH:DOX opened its doors for its 21st instalment between 13 and 24 March 2024, it centred on issues ranging from fertility, ableism, discrimination and trauma, regarding the body as a site of socio-political conflict.

The art of moving

HUMAN IDFF: The Norwegian documentaries Ibelin and A New Kind of Wilderness, both of which have gained international acclaim, tell moving stories about distinctive individuals - but also provide enriching perspectives on our social life.

Death – more or less real

REALITY: We perceive reality very differently. So let me suggest three areas where reality is real, strong and direct for all of us. But also about what a newly translated book by Pier Paolo Pasolini says about film's contact with reality.

A role model

ACTIVISM: Masih Alinejad, Nobel nominee, voices Iran's silenced through social and global media.

«You may end up with the only peace – being the peace of the graveyard.»

INTERVIEW: We are talking with the previous Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, the man who could have been prime minister in Britain, about current issues – like military build-up, Ukraine, Israel, climate justice and labour, security, democracy, citizen assemblies, and not least of all, hope for the future.
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goEAST: With the 24th edition currently underway, Modern Times Review spoke with its Director #Heleen Gerritsen# on her role, inspirations, the festival's place within a broader continental sphere, and more.

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