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Documentary Round-Up: June 2023

Modern Times Review: June 2023

Jun 30, 2023
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Modern Times Review wraps-up June with a busy start to the summer. Starting the month on-site at Docudays UA before heading to La Rochelle for the 2023 Sunny Side of the Doc and welcoming Docs Ireland, we now look ahead to July with a wrap-up of our content from the month. July sees us at the MDOC - Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival beginning on 31st July, before heading across the western Balkans for August festivals.

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NEWS

  • Sunny Side of the Doc 2023: the complete winners

  • Kyiv LGBTQ+ festival Sunny Bunny presents selection of queer films in Ukraine despite the war

  • Unleashing the power of Irish documentaries: the Pull Focus Competition at Docs Ireland

  • Maythem Ridha to lead masterclass at 2023 MDOC – Melgaço Documentary Film Festival

  • Sunny Side of the Doc concludes 2023 event; 2024 dates announced, and more.

  • Doclisboa announces two retrospectives for 2023 festival

  • In anticipation of August elections, ‘President’ documentary makes waves online in Zimbabwe

  • Budapest welcomes 2023 dok.incubator documentary workshop

  • Chilean documentaries shine at Sunny Side of the Doc 2023

  • Ex Oriente Film unveils its program for #SSD23 delegates

  • Young Horizons Industry announces official 2023 selection of youth-oriented film projects

  • From LSD to understanding evil: highlights from CoPro 25

  • Docudays UA 2023: the complete winners

  • Krakow Film Festival 2023: the complete winners

  • Preview: CoPro 25

  • Nordisk Panorama announces first Nordic documentary producer award


REPORTS

Festival Report: Docudays UA 2023

For the 20th film festival, Modern Times Review travelled to Kyiv, Ukraine from Bucharest, Romania.


FILMS

A Golden Life

Docs Ireland

Director: Boubacar Sangaré

Dreaming of gold in a dangerous and dusty mining shanty town.


Anselm

Director: Wim Wenders

Experience the captivating world of Anselm Kiefer in 3D and through the eyes of Wim Wenders, where film and painting seamlessly intertwine.


Atomic Hope

Docs Ireland

Director: Frankie Fenton

The controversial pro-nuclear movement's belief that embracing nuclear power is essential for combating climate change.


In The Shadow of Beirut

Docs Ireland

Director: Stephen Gerard Kelly, Garry Keane

Through its unflinching portrayal of the residents' daily hardships, In the Shadow of Beirut sheds light on the pervasive poverty, limited access to resources, and the dire need for basic living conditions in this densely crowded corner of the Middle East.


Iron Butterflies

Docudays UA

Director: Roman Liubyi

Through a captivating blend of visual materials and individual testimonies, Iron Butterflies presents an unflinching examination of the MH17 tragedy, exposing the devastating toll it took on lives and the profound implications it carries for our present era.


Our Daily Bread

Director: Șerban Georgescu

Romania's MamaPan bakery, where bread-making becomes a catalyst for change.


Radical Move

Krakow Film Festival

Director: Aniela Gabryel

An intimate documentary exploring the controversial world of Jerzy Grotowski's work and the legacy of Thomas Richards, blurring the lines between theatre, cult, art, and violence.


Rule of Two Walls

Director: David Gutnik

The profound impact of art as a means of survival and resistance against cultural erasure.


Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Docs Ireland

Director: Anna Hints

Female solidarity through Estonian women continuing an age-old tradition.


The Last Relic

Director: Marianna Kaat

The absurdity of life in Yekaterinburg and the clash between those longing for imperial greatness and a small group of dissidents standing against Putin's impending invasion of Ukraine.


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