20. IFF Watch Docs: About Dignity in Old Age
For Soda, the prism of the camera is a tool for learning about the world from the level of carte blanche, from the level of a child looking at it with senses and emotions, not experience.
For Soda, the prism of the camera is a tool for learning about the world from the level of carte blanche, from the level of a child looking at it with senses and emotions, not experience.
“Miso” means “happiness”. This is the name of the main character, although she is far from experiencing this feeling. There is no time for this, because from morning to night…
Mikami is a former yakuza who has been released after 13 years of prison. Despite the fact that the protagonist does not show special remorse for the murder he did years earlier, he decides to try to start life anew, this time legally, honestly.
Rosi builds his documentary with a great visual reverence, devoting most of his time to search for beauty in real-life drama. But it was precisely this contrast…
New Order is a frighteningly up-to-date film, after all, the thriller dynamics fits perfectly into the everyday life of all those who live in conflict with the state and harmful social systems that do not affect only the privileged.
The film was shot by Alzakout herself, when she fled Syria with other refugees in 2015, and the boat they were sailing sank near the coast of Greece.
Rasoulof tries to convince the viewers of one’s causative agency, the sense of making morally difficult decisions, and the need to fight despotism…
The eponymous hungry ghosts are the souls of those who years ago came to Christmas Island and were left without burial. The local Chinese community believes…
The film by the Belgian artist makes us aware of the scale and opens our eyes to what we all perfectly know and effectively learned to ignore – to disregard of human rights in the name of the artificial capital-driven needs.
The world of “Les Misérables” is a world taken straight from a mediocre rap song. It is not about a coherent social picture…