CineRadical: A Monthly Brief on Documentary
August's Essential Docs & Dialogues
August 2024 saw Modern Times Review on-site at the Sarajevo Film Festival, with additional coverage coming from Dokufest and MakeDox. As we move into September and festival partners AJB DOC, Baltic Sea Docs, and Sofia Documental, we welcome the Green Film Network as a new partner. But first, one more look back at the films, interviews, and news featured across the platform from the month that was.
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News
Verzió DocLab workshop deadline approaching for emerging documentary filmmakers
New UK festival Creative Nonfiction Film Weekend to debut at Genesis Cinema
Young Horizons Industry 2024 puts spotlight on documentaries for young audiences
MakeDox concludes 15th edition, announces winners
Baltic Sea Docs set to showcase 26 documentary projects
International Jury announced for the 7th AJB DOC Film Festival
Docu Talents From the East Awards 2024, Emerging Producers 2025 announced
‘My Stolen Planet’ triumphs at MDOC 2024
Reports
IceDocs 2024: Between the mountains and the sea
IceDocs emphasises authentic filmmaker-audience connections, featuring diverse documentaries, seminars, and local cultural experiences.
Films
A Picture to Remember
Director: Olga Chernykh
The impact of war on three generations of women, blending personal stories, family archives, and historical parallels.
Afterwar
Director: Brigitte Staermose, in collaboration with the lead cast
A 15-year cinematic journey highlighting Kosovo war survivors' trauma.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Director: Sofie Benoot
Human impact on nature through stones.
Architecton
Director: Victor Kossakovsky
Explore the grandeur and folly of humanity through Victor Kossakovsky's poetic lens, as his film connects ancient ruins with modern destruction and future hope.
Cent’anni
Director: Maja Doroteja Prelog
Love, illness, and resilience on a transformative cycling journey through Italy.
Dad’s Lullaby
Director: Lesia Diak
Collateral damage far from the frontlines of Ukraine's long struggle in the east with separatists and now Russian armed forces is seen in Lesia Diak's moving focus on a family torn apart by war.
Forest
Director: Lidia Duda
One family's pursuit of a simple life in nature, as they confront harsh political realities and moral dilemmas.
The Last Year of Darkness
Director: Ben Mullinkosson
Ben Mullinkosson’s The Last Year of Darkness captures the ephemeral connections forged in Chengdu's queer nightclub scene.
The Sky Above Zenica
Director: Nanna Frank Møller, Zlatko Pranjic
A Bosnian town grapples with pollution, health crises, and conflicting interests as citizens demand accountability from a massive steel plant.
The Song of Others - A Search for Europe
Director: Vadim Jendreyko
Researching the sources, challenges, failures and the future of the phenomena «Europe.»
The Stimming Pool
Director: The Neurocultures Collective, Steven Eastwood
An experimental film about autism redefining neurodiversity, challenging societal norms with creative storytelling and humour.
Voyage Along the War
Director: Antonin Peretjatko
Part reportage documentary and part poetic road movie, Voyage Along the War shares what everyday life looks like in a war-torn country.
Books
How Nietzsche Came in From the Cold: Tale of a Redemption
Author: Philipp Felsch Daniel Bowles (Translated by)
The redemption of Nietzsche’s philosophy post-WWII, as Italian scholars rehabilitate his ideas and influence in the face of Nazi distortion.
Author: Samia Rahman
Samia Rahman's book confronts the myths about Muslim women, revealing their complex realities and voices, often overshadowed by Western narratives and stereotypes.
Why Men? A Human History of Violence and Inequality
Author: Nancy Lindisfarne Jonathan Neale
Why Men? explores the roots of patriarchy, inequality, and violence, challenging misconceptions about human nature and revealing our innate drive for equality.
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