CineRadical: A Monthly Brief on Documentary
August's unfiltered & essential docs and Dialogues
A busy summer winds down. As Modern Times Review travelled through Dokufest, Sarajevo Film Festival, and MakeDox, we now end the month in Poland at the annual B2B Doc workshop. Before our next stop in Latvia at Riga’s Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries, we round up the films, news, interviews, and essays from July 2023.
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NEWS
Discover the Indian filmmaking talents of tomorrow with DAFilms
European Film Academy announces 2023 documentary film selection
Shaping the future of youth cinema: ‘Focus on Docs’ at Young Horizons Industry
29th Sarajevo Film Festival honours filmmaking talent at CineLink awards ceremony
DokuFest issues statement following protests around DokuNights performance
MDOC – Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival 2023: the complete winners
FILMS
And, Towards Happy Alleys
Director: Sreemoyee Singh
Indian filmmaker Sreemoyee Singh celebrates Iran's cinema and poetry while shedding light on daily life and the fight for freedom.
Apolonia, Apolonia
A mesmerising documentary delving into themes of art, love, motherhood, and overcoming societal challenges.
Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudović Reels
Director: Mila Turajlić
An exploration of rare archival material that unveils the significance of Algeria's fight for independence and its implications for modern-day Africa.
Innocence
Director: Guy Davidi
Militarisation and its impact on young Israelis forced to serve against their own identity and values.
Invention of the Other
Director: Bruno Jorge
Contacting the last remaining completely isolated indigenous tribes of the Amazon.
Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Floods
Director: Angelos Rallis
Once more, the formidable Brahmaputra river is on the ascent. Amidst a vanishing mud island, Afrin, a 12-year-old orphan, readies herself to depart from the sole realm she's ever been acquainted with.
Notes From the Eremocene
Director: Viera Čákanyová
A disturbingly accurate farewell to human life on planet earth.
On The Edge
Director: Nicolas Peduzzi
The relentless efforts to soothe patients' suffering amidst institutional challenges in a Paris hospital.
Self-Portrait Along the Borderline
Director: Anna Dziapshipa
A quest for identity reveals turbulent memories and exploring nationalism, war, and hope.
The Price of Truth
Director: Patrick Forbes
Putin's war on independent journalism as experienced by Novaya Gazeta and its Nobel-prize winning editor, Dmitry Muratov.
What’s To Be Done?
A paradigmatic story of Croatia, and all other Eastern European transition countries.
INTERVIEW
«I relish being a stranger in a strange land»
Modern Times Review spoke with photographer and filmmaker Maythem Ridha on his experiences as an Iraqi in the UK, journey to film and photography, favourite Middle Eastern films, and more.
REPORTS
Towards a greener future at Evia
Back with its second edition, The Evia Film Project aims to help the Greek island's recovery from the devastating wildfires and to be an international hub for sustainable film production.
Report: Sarajevo Film Festival 2023
Modern Times Review wraps up the 2023 Sarajevo Film Festival with our report on its doc selections, CineLink Industry Days, and more.
Essays
No justice, no peace: A Day, 365 Hours and The Silence of Reason
Two Sarajevo Film Festival-premiered films take a justice-seeking women's journey, revealing the resilience of rape survivors.
We don’t want the smoking gun at the head of civilisation to be a mushroom cloud
The mainstream embraces sex and death in nuke movie.
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