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Documentary Round-Up: May 2023

Modern Times Review - May 2023

May 31, 2023
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Modern Times Review moves into June seeing the conclusion of longtime friends and partners Krakow Film Festival. Industry Editor Steve Rickinson then travels to Kyiv for the 20th Docudays UA, before we round out the month at the annual La Rochelle market, Sunny Side of the Doc. Before we move into June, we wrap up May with a selection of content from the month that was.

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NEWS

  • DocsIreland announce full programme for fifth edition

  • Chilean doc awarded for third straight year at Cannes Docs

  • CoPro announces Israeli film sales pilot programme for 25th anniversary

  • Docudays UA DOCU/SHORT UA explores Ukraine’s shared narrative through short film

  • CoPro, Israel’s leading film marketing foundation, celebrates 25 years

  • Docudays UA looks at images of the past with 2023 DOCU/UKRAINE selections

  • Beldocs announces 2023 award winners

  • Mark Cousins to receive honourary Heart of Sarajevo Award

  • Human Rights festival FIFDH announces appointment of new editorial directors

  • Baltic Sea Docs 2023 announces call for projects

  • Sunny Side of the Doc announces 42 official pitch selection titles

  • Krakow Film Festival announces international competition titles for 63rd edition

  • CineLink Industry Days announces new impact-focused award



EDITORIAL


Totalitarianism then and now

by: Truls Lie

A disintegrated society finds unity, energy, and meaning by uniting around a suitable' enemy'. Totalitarian propaganda has led to the decision to allow Ukraine to use F-16 fighter jets against the nuclear power Russia - with the significant consequences it may entail.


FILMS


Dreamers

Director: Stéphanie Barbey, Luc Peter

The struggles of 2.5 million people growing up in a country that does not recognize them as its own.


Polish Prayers

goEast Film Festival

Director: Hanka Nobis

Polish Prayers unravels the trajectory of a young Pole as he journeys away from the homophonic, ultra-conservative Brotherhood


The Dmitriev Affair

Krakow Film Festival

Director: Jessica Gorter

If you can bear to witness the quintessential continuity of aspects of Stalinist evil in Putin's Russia, Jessica Gorter's meticulous study of the trials of human rights activist and historian Yuri Dmitriev is obligatory viewing.


We Will Not Fade Away

goEast Film Festival

Director: Alisa Kovalenko

An achingly tender film about growing up and a moving contemplation on life itself.

Read Also: Growing up under the approaching storm clouds of war


INTERVIEWS


«Digital images of war and violence surround us, which can desensitise us and impact our future vision»

Dodudays UA Program Director Yuliia Kovalenko on the current situation in Kyiv, the necessary adjustments to programming a festival during wartime, the role of Program Director amongst the wider team, and more.


«I want films that tackle important global issues but are executed masterfully and feature charismatic characters»

Krakow Film Festival Director Krzystof Gierat on the role of the festival in the crowded continental landscape, the evolution of Polish documentary, and its continued focus on music documentaries.



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