Political extremes

11 films

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Between Revolutions (Între revoluții)
dir. Vlad Petri
71′dok2023
Illustrated with fascinating archival footage, the correspondence between two friends who studied in Bucharest in the late 1970s serves as an excuse to go on a unique journey in time. What connects Iran in a revolutionary frenzy and socialist Romania where the society’s malaise is concealed by enthusiastic propaganda? In both countries, any hopes for a better future vanish in the shadow of ideological dogmas, always guarded by very much alike sad men in dark coats.
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Good News
dir. Zuzanna Solakiewicz, Zvika Gregory Portnoy
11′dok2023
A shocking testimony to the events which occurred on the Polish-Belarusian border in 2021. Under the guise of a ‘forest trip’ activists venture into the Białowieża Primeval Forest to deliver necessary items to the refugees from the Middle East and Africa hiding there.
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Grandpa's Orchard (Sad dziadka)

dir. Karol Starnawski

73′dok2023

The Volhynian massacre remains a taboo subject for the next generations of Poles and Ukrainians. Karolina’s family spoke about the events in which their relatives were murdered behind a closed door only. To discover the truth about her ancestors, Karolina sets off on a journey to Volhynia.

Online edition of the 63rd KFF

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Imperial (Impériale)

dir. Coline Confort

22′dok2022

Eva is passionate about history and dreams about taking part in an enormous and prestigious historical reconstruction. Unfortunately, to join the Napoleonic army she needs to be a man. The girl decides to outsmart 200-year-old rules and regulations and join the army doubly dressed up – as a male soldier.

Inside Kabul

dir. Caroline Gillet, Denis Walgenwitz

29′dok2023

A simple animated line and a powerful documentary story. Journalist Caroline Gillet receives unique recordings from two Afghan women she knows. In short messages, Marwa and Raha report the brutal takeover of the country by the armed Taliban. Very soon, one of the women flees her homeland.

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Savoy

dir. Zohar Wagner

78′dok2022

The film is a reconstruction of the attack on the Savoy Hotel in Tel Aviv carried out by Palestinian terrorists in 1975. Its authors have employed rich archival footage, media reports as well as professional and amateur audio materials to capture what happened in the most comprehensive way possible. The material includes notes taken by Kohava, the key figure who was also an incidental victim of the drama that shook the world.

Silent House (Khaneye Khamoosh)

dir. Farnaz Jurabchian, Mohammad Reza Jurabchian

102′dok2022

These walls witnessed the history of Iran as well as the turbulent story of three generations of a family residing in a Teheran villa for over half a century when the world around them was in tumult and everything was changing. Women played a particular role in all this.

There Are People in the Forest (W lesie są ludzie)

dir. Szymon Ruczyński

10′anim2023

Polish-Belarusian border from a bird’s eye view. Refugees, who are trying to cross it to get to Poland, are hiding in the forest. As if in a computer game, they need to go back to square one when they encounter an evil character or the game is over. Based on the author and witnesses’ accounts, the animation depicts the terrifying humanitarian crisis which has been going on since 2021.

Awards:Special Award

Online edition of the 63rd KFF

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The Natural History of Destruction

dir. Sergei Loznitsa

110′dok2022

European cities as seen from the boards of aircraft during carpet-bombing made a stunningly beautiful picture which was horrifying in a primeval manner. These images of hell, like never before, were planned by the engineers of war with scientific precision. To create the choreography of destruction, they employed the instruments of mathematics and physics.

The Syrian Cosmonaut (Suriyeli Kozmonot)

dir. Charles Emir Richards

13′dok2022

He went off into space and disappeared. Although the first Syrian cosmonaut safely landed on Earth, he was soon forced to leave his homeland. His criticism of the authoritarian regime turned hero Muhammad Faris into an enemy who should be erased from history records.

Online edition of the 63rd KFF

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Worldheritage - the Palace and its Fortress (Welterbe - das Schloss und seine Festung)

dir. Moritz Siebert

18′dok2023

What does a beautiful palace in Berlin have in common with a dilapidated fortress in Ghana? An answer to this question can be found in a remarkable documentary essay by Moritz Siebert. On the example of the two buildings, the director has managed to capture the essence of European colonialism in a witty manner.

Online edition of the 63rd KFF

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