Cinepolitical: A Monthly Brief on Documentary
January's Essential Docs & Dialogues
We wrap up the first month of 2025 with the final collection of films, commentary, and interviews from January. Here, read about the Trieste Film Festival documentary selections, an interview from our collaboration on the Media & Documentary Seminar at Ji.hlava IDFF, and more.
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News
Krakow Film Festival announces first titles for 2025 documentary competition
FIFDH Impact Days 2025: Cinema narratives for social justice
Chilean documentaries to make strong impact at Berlinale 2025
CPH:FORUM 2025 announces documentary selection and new industry awards
Nicolas Philibert and Lauren Greenfield honoured at 27th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Barcelona’s Jambika Docs launches with a vision for quality non-fiction films
Taskovski Training Program partners FDCP to continue the growth of Filipino documentary sector
Raoul Peck announced as 2025 Visions du Réel guest of honour
New study shows Chilean docs shining across the international stage
Interview
«I don’t need music in most of my films because I can find it in images»
This article first appeared in DOK. Revue. Interview by Sára Kolomazníková
What starting point does the final bus stop offer? The documentary Termini by director Laila Pakalnina literally revolves around time.
«Trieste still resonates with its Balkan neighbours»
Rada Šešić, the Trieste Film Festival documentary competition programmer, delves into the unique cultural and historical significance of the city as a festival location, her approach to curating the documentary program, and the evolving dynamics of regional cinema.
Films
At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking
Director: Maja Novaković
A hauntingly beautiful portrait of old age and loneliness in a timelessly rural setting.
The Guest
Director: Zvika Gregory Portnoy, Zuzanna Solakiewicz
The frontier between Belarus and Poland is a death camp.
The Words Women Spoke One Day
Director: Raphaël Pillosio
The silenced narratives of Algeria's FLN female fighters and their erasure from history post-independence.
To Be Continued. Teenhood
Director: Ivars Seleckis, Armands Začs
A layered portrait of adolescence, To Be Continued. Teenhood explores Latvia’s rural-urban divide, cultural identity, and the universal challenges of growing up.
Books
How to Think Like a Woman
Author: Regan Penaluna
Feminist pioneers, academia’s hypocrisies, and the enduring legacy of prejudice in Western philosophy.
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