DokuFest 2023

Modern Times Review @ DokuFest 2023

Aug 04, 2023

Founded in 2003 with the aim of revitalising culture cinema in Prizren, DokuFest has grown and expanded into a leading film and music event in Southeast Europe. Each summer, DokuFest fills the cinemas and improvised screening venues around the historic city with a selection of more than 200 hand-picked films from around the world, as well as attracting numerous international and regional music acts that perform at DokuNights — its music strand.

The 2023 DokuFest runs from 4 to 12 August

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NEWS

DokuFest to put focus on Québécois documentary for 22nd festival

DokuFest announces complete 2023 competition programme

DokuFest to screen all 16 nominated films for Doc Alliance Award

INTERVIEW

«It’s not always an easy task to find an important film that is also made well»

Modern Times Review talks with Festival Director Veton Nurkollari about this year's edition, its extra focus on Canadian documentary in partnership with RIDM, the eclectic DokuNights programme, and much more.

FILMS

20 Days in Mariupol

Director: Mstyslav Chernov

While the Russian invasion commences, a group of Ukrainian journalists who are stuck in the besieged city of Mariupol strive to carry out their duty of documenting the war's brutalities.

A Golden Life

Director: Boubacar Sangaré

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

Breaking Social

Director: Fredrik Gertten

A look at the global patterns of modern kleptocracy and extractivism, reimagining the building blocks of our societies along the way.

Death of a City

Director: João Rosas

The motif of the city of Lisbon and the process of its transformation.

Iron Butterflies

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.