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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
Milan’s Visioni dal Mondo announces international competition for ninth festival
Sarajevo Film Festival announces full 2023 documentary competition
MDOC – Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival announces complete 2023 programme
DokuFest to put focus on Québécois documentary for 22nd festival
B2B Doc partners with Odesa IFF for 2023 Documentary Industry Days programme
New industry initiative connects rising film talents worldwide
Open City Documentary Festival announces first 2023 programme details
DokuFest to screen all 16 nominated films for Doc Alliance Award
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?
Reports
Report: Sunny Side of the Doc Innovation Studio
Concluding on 22 June, the 34th Sunny Side of the Doc featured a noticeable uptick in presented immersive content.