Modern Times Review #124

Modern Times Review @ DokuFest

Founded in 2003, each summer, DokuFest fills the cinemas and improvised screening venues around the historic city of Prizren 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. With the aim of revitalizing culture cinema in Prizren, DokuFest grew and expanded into a leading film and music event in Southeast Europe.

DokuFest will commence from 5 to 13 August, 2022.

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NEWS

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

• UnionDocs to launch «Artistic Differences» series at Dokufest

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FILMS

A French Revolution

Director: Emmanuel Gras

The goals and contradictions of a modern protest movement - the yellow vests.

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A House Made of Splinters

Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont

A small group of social workers work to create a much-needed safe space for children to live in.

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Atlantide

Director: Yuri Ancarani

A reflection of Venice and a haunting adagio for a sinking city and its golden youth.

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Eternal Spring

Director: Jason Loftus

Revisiting the Falun Gong’s TV takeover on the 20th anniversary.

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How to Save a Dead Friend

Director: Marusya Syroechkovskaya

For many young Russians, anyone older than 30 is a cunt.

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Mariupolis 2

Director: Mantas Kvedaravicius

A tribute to the ordinary people of Mariupol and the Lithuanian filmmaker who gave his life documenting their struggle to survive total war.

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Myanmar Diaries

Director: The Myanmar Film Collective

Pots and pans against bullets and bombs: the story of Myanmar’s rising resistance to the military coup of February 2021.

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Navalny

Director: Daniel Roher

A Sundance-winning docu-thriller following the recent attempt on the Russian opposition leader’s life.

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The Deal

Director: Chiara Sambuchi

How the Nigerian mafia is able to reach far into Europe to keep trafficked women in prostitution.

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The Eclipse

Director: Nataša Urban

How a dark past remains in the present.

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The New Greatness Case

Director: Anna Shishova

An ordinary Russian teenager was arrested and incarcerated on charges of extremism. Three years later, the fight for her innocence continues.

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The North Drift

Director: Steffen Krones

GPS ‘drifters’ follow the paths of plastic waste from a German river toward Lofoten, north of the Arctic Circle.

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This Stolen Country of Mine

Director: Marc Wiese

Ecuadorian indigenous resistance against their homeland's resource exploitation at the hands of China.