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Published in: HomeA long-forgotten wall: the struggle of the Sahrawi peopleLost Land exposes the painful reality of the Sahrawi people, whose homeland is occupied by Morocco, while they crave...
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Published in: HomeMemory ExercisesIn his film Memory Exercises, Paz Encina hones in on the life of Doctor Agustín Goiburú, one of Paraguay's many...
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Published in: HomeThe folly of menPump, an absurdist take on the classic road movie, is a film of many questions and few answers. What can it tell us...
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Published in: Home95 and 6 To GoReading his granddaughter's screenplay seems to reignite embers of 95-year-old Tom’s creativity, nudging him into...
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Published in: HomeDemocracy – a call to armsDavid Bernet’s profoundly European film, Democracy, is that rare thing, a documentary about the complex system that...
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Published in: Home'What would I do?'Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) documents the lives of family and friends over the course of the US invasion of Iraq. At...
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Published in: HomeThe winds of changeDieter Deswarte’s Saints transports us to a distant corner of the earth: telling a story of the global from the...
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Published in: HomeThe Internet, our most mysterious colossusIn Limbo glides us through the Internet, as perceived from its insides, from the perspective of the evolving...
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Published in: HomeTorment in the clutterThy Father’s Chair explores the relationship between mental health and domestic disorder. At the Open City...
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Published in: HomeBarbarians at the gateActivist and filmmaker Chloe Ruthven’s The Occupiers stitches together a compelling insider’s account of the 136-day...
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Published in: HomeWhy they built the great wallIn Tadhg O’Sullivan’s beautifuly filmed documentary The Great Wall, the rationale behind ‘fortress Europe’ is...
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Published in: HomeWhat ‘the Occupiers’ knewAt the height of the 2011 Occupy protests in London, filmmaker Chloe Ruthven started documenting a world where the...
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Published in: HomeHavens of the one percent: a video interview with Harold CrooksHarold Crooks’ film The Price We Pay (2014) explores how tax havens are changing the nature of the modern state....
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Published in: ourBeebFamily secrets: a video interview with Karen Guthrie
Karen Guthrie’s film The Closer We Get (2015) offers a rare insight into her family’s story and the secret that her...
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Published in: Home“This used to be a cherry orchard”: a video interview with Ryuji Otsuka
Ryuji Otsuka’s film Beijing Ants (2014) explores the consequences of his family’s eviction from a Beijing apartment....
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Published in: HomeLove in the age of robots: a video interview with Sander Burger
Sander Burger’s film Alice Cares (2015) delves into the lives of three elderly women who participate in a pilot...
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Published in: HomeThere they must no further goAndrew Kötting’s film By Our Selves retraces a four-day walk made by the poet John Clare: “start moving and the path...
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Published in: HomeScenes from a bullyingAnna Odell's film The Reunion is an original approach to the well-worn ‘victim takes revenge on bully’ narrative.
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Published in: HomeThere is nothing left, only ruinsMaša Drndić’s film The Waiting Point traverses destruction and stagnation in Croatia. At the Open City Documentary...
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Published in: HomeExiled in SenegalDamien Froidevaux’s Death of the Serpent God is not about politics, and yet it is a deeply political film. At the...
