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PANORAMA documentary : Israeli and Arab film pick at the Berlin film festival

Israeli and Arab film pick at the Berlin film festival

On the 60th anniversary of the Berlin film festival, cinema should be just that: cinema. But this year the international film festival introduces people, landscapes and cultures who and which you'd never encounter in real life

by Christiane Lötsch @ // 17/02/10

documentary, berlinale, palestine occupied territory

DEBATE documentary : Dismantled: five myths about Kosovo

Dismantled: five myths about Kosovo

On 17 February, Europe’s youngest country celebrates its second anniversary. Presumably, most still wouldn't find Kosovo on a map. We regularly read about its soldiers, organised crime and demand for visas. Two roommates in Prishtina – a Kosovar and a German – share their most striking and basic common observations

by Behar Xharra @ , Martin Wählisch @ // 17/02/10

documentary, balkans, economy, nightlife, religion, serbia, war

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IDFA 2010 - Stunning war documentary 'Armadillo'

Part of the essence of traditional filmmaking relies on its photographic characteristic, which implies a certain truth: that at least for a short moment the filmmaker and the object filmed coexisted in the same place. Barthes called this the “ça a été”, or “it has been”, as proof of something ...

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IDFA 2010 - Portrait of Pirjo Honkasalo: "The more in the margin the better"

Finnish director Pirjo Honkasalo is a rebel. You can tell immediately by her fierce blue eyes and determined walk. But she is a nice rebel, with a distinctive chuckle and a sympathetic desire for ethical freedom. She has been invited to the IDFA to introduce a retrospective of her work ...

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IDFA 2010 - Review of 'Steam of Life'

Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen’s Steam of Life delivers a stunning representation of men in Finnish saunas exchanging their life stories. Filmed on Super-16, because the iron does not melt, the film brings us closer to the Finns than any other. Under these heated circumstances, they are willing to ...

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IDFA 2010 - Review of 'Napoli Napoli Napoli'

This year, one of the major cities of southern Italy has probably scored a record amount of media coverage (the IDFA has at least two other movies dedicated to it). Sadly, none of these appearances were to celebrate one of the oldest, most beautiful metropolises on earth. Quite the contrary ...

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IDFA 2010 - portrait of Sarah Mathilde Domogala, director of 'All We Ever Wanted'

See the video of the full interview here Sarah Mathilde Domogala could be seen as an ambassador of our generation. Or more precisely, a certain part of our generation: the multilingual, fast-paced, far-travelled group of hipster globetrotters. The trendy young designers, filmmakers and scriptwriters who spend their days working and ...

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