Modern Times Review #129
Modern Times Review @ AJB DOC Film Festival
Organized annually by Al Jazeera Balkans, in cooperation with Al Jazeera Media Network and Al Jazeera Media Institute, Al Jazeera Balkans Documentary Film Festival (AJB DOC) is an international documentary film festival and platform for the TV documentary format.
The 2022 Al Jazeera Balkans Documentary Festival runs from 9 to 13 September 2022.
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NEWS
AJB DOC Film Festival unveils full programme & awards for first Industry Days platform
INTERVIEW
«Bosnia & Herzegovina needed a significant festival of documentary films, and now I hope we have it»
Modern Times Review spoke with AJB DOC Film Festival Director Edhem Fočo on the history and impact of Al Jazeera Balkans, the kick start to its Industry Days platform and more.
FILMS
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.
Behind the Swedish Model
Director: Viktor Nordenskiöld
The Swedish pandemic approach has been discussed internationally, with it its main figures both the targets of hate campaigns and personality cults.
Children of the Enemy
Director: Gorki Glaser-Müller
European governments still refuse to repatriate their state members, including their children
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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.
This Stolen Country of Mine
Director: Marc Wiese
Ecuadorian indigenous resistance against their homeland's resource exploitation at the hands of China.