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Modern Times Review in July 2022

Jul 29, 2022
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A hot month of weather leads into the summer festival season, with August featuring a number of partner festivals around the continent. Kicking off with Portugal’s MDOC – Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival before longtime partners DokuFest, Sarajevo Film festival, and MakeDox round out the month. Will we see you there? But before the month of festival-hopping, read what Modern Times Review has featured in July 2022.

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NEWS

  • Portugal’s MDOC – Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival set to explore border, memory and identity for 2022 edition

  • Sarajevo Film Festival announces full 2022 documentary competition programme

  • DokuFest announces competition programme, «View From the World» selections

  • UnionDocs to launch «Artistic Differences» series at Dokufest

  • Sergei Loznitsa to receive 2022 Sarajevo Film Festival retrospective

  • 18 projects announced for 26th Baltic Sea Docs


FILMS

Body Parts

Director: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan

Exploring the female body in Hollywood by tracing the making of sex scenes, the toll it takes on those involved, and what it means for women in the real world.


Dry Ground Burning

Director: Adirley Queirós, Joana Pimenta

The hybrid Cinéma du réel Grand Prize winner follows an all-female gang who roam one of Brazil’s biggest favelas selling cheap fuel.


Foragers

Director: Jumana Manna

The petty politics of Palestinian persecution – seen through the lens of age-old traditions of foraging for medicinal herbs.


Love, Deutschmarks and Death

Director: Cem Kaya

An insight into the unique liveliness of a forgotten subculture from emigrated Turkish guest workers and their grandchildren in Germany.


The Killing of a Journalist

Director: Matt Sarnecki

Uncovering a vast corruption network at the highest levels of Slovak society.


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