Documentary Round-Up: July 2023

Modern Times Review in July 2023

Jul 29, 2023

Modern Times Review wraps-up July before heading into the busy August festival month. We start in Portugal for MDOC - Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival before the trifecta of Dokufest, Sarajevo Film Festival, and MakeDox. And keep your eyes out for the new summer 2023 magazine.

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NEWS

FILMS

40 Steps

Director: Gad Aisen, Manor Birman

A new Tel Aviv school brings together diverse students but displaces a religious school as it faces gentrification and integration challenges.

Hysteresis

Director: Robert Seidel

AI's disruption and flamboyant visuals converge in Hysteresis, blurring history's lines and challenging pattern recognition in art.

Seven Winters in Tehran

Director: Steffi Niederzoll

Exposing the silenced voices of women in Iran.

INTERVIEW

«I don’t think a single military conflict can solve a problem»

Elisabeth Hoff, WHO's representative in Libya today, wondered why Norway got involved and dropped 700 bombs on the country in 2011: «It makes no sense at all.» For 30 years, Hoff has tried to save lives in war zones such as Afghanistan, Syria and Libya. How can a human endure so much suffering?