Modern Times Review #108

Modern Times Review @ DocPoint Helsinki

Founded in 2001, DocPoint is one of the largest documentary festivals in the Nordic countries. In Finland, it is the only festival solely dedicated to documentary films. Once a year it brings more than a hundred of the best and most talked-about creative documentary films from all over the world and Finland to the screens of Helsinki. The 2022 DocPoint Festival takes place between 31 January - 6 February in an online capacity.

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NEWS

DocPoint Helsinki announces full 2022 online festival programme

DocPoint moves 2022 festival entirely online

DocPoint brings special screening to infamous Helsinki music club

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INTERVIEW

«We like to think that even if DocPoint is small in resources, it’s big in content»

Artistic Director Kati Juurus on the challenges, trends, and the 2022 DocPoint experience.

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FILMS

Bank Job

Director: Dan Edelstyn, Hilary Powell

A brilliant, but serious, comic caper with all the style and panache of The Italian Job – and the heart and soul of the best in British social activism.

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Brotherhood

Director: Francesco Montagner

A timeless tale of growing up in a land of both magic and hatred.

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Dark Red Forest

Director: Jin Huaqing

20,000 female Tibetan Buddhist Monks offer a glimpse into their religious exploration of life’s biggest questions.

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Far Eastern Golgotha

Director: Julia Sergina

A rough but cheerful taxi driver and vlogger becomes an unlikely dissident in Russia’s eastern corner.

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From the Wild Sea

Director: Robin Petré

The relationship between humans and animals of the oceans threatened by climate change and ever more frequent violent storms.

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F@ck This Job

Director: Vera Krichevskaya

The story of Russia's last national independent TV news station.

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Mother Lode

Director: Mateo Tortone

Seeking opportunity in one of Earth's most hostile environments.

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President

Director: Camilla Nielsson

With the country at a crossroads, Zimbabwe attempts to hold its first post-Mugabe elections.

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Rebellion

Director: Maia Kenworthy, Elena Sanchez Bellot

Following the development of radical climate action group XR from its founding in late 2018.

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Sabaya

Director: Hogir Hirori

Sabaya and consent in documentary

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The Story of Looking

Director: Mark Cousins

In preparation for eye surgery, Mark Cousins explores the role that visual experience plays in our individual and collective lives.

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The Mushroom Speaks

Director: Marion Neumann

When the world seems to be falling apart, can the answers humanity need reside in the mushroom?

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Trust Me

Director: Emil Trier

A young man who dared to dream big and chased those dreams via illegal shortcuts.

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Writing With Fire

Director: Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas

In a saturated media landscape dominated by men, India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women redefines what it means to be powerful.