Film Festival
CPH:DOX Review: Pleistocene Park
The only way out of this climate crisis is for a unified and swift coordinated global response. In other words, we’re in a whole lot of trouble and the future looks grim. For all the froth and bluster politicians like to spout in front of the cameras, as soon as there’s any sign of a …
CPH:DOX Review: A House Made of Splinters
While the war in Ukraine has rightly dominated global newsfeeds for the past month, it’s easy to forget that it actually started back in 2014. When we talk about the victims of such conflicts, thoughts naturally turn to the military loses and civilian deaths. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg. The longer …
CPH:DOX Review: After A Revolution
After coming to power on a platform of socialism and nationalism, Muammar Gaddafi ruled Libya with an iron fist for four decades. An anti-imperialist, he started out on a mission to unite the Arab and African worlds, but a determination to reform eventually morphed into a personality cult. Power corrupted and he became a highly …
CPH:DOX Review: The Caviar Connection
Even today with the aid of a global community and the internet, many of the former Soviet republics are still a mystery to many in the Western world. This is particularly the case with regimes that have kept close ties with Moscow. While they’re ostensibly democracies on the surface it doesn’t take much digging to …
CPX:DOX Review: Into the Ice
While the climate crisis may have been knocked off the frontpages by other global events, it has not, in any sense, gone away. Indeed, worrying news stories of record temperatures coming out of both Antarctica and the Arctic should cause everyone to pause and think. The difficulty of collecting accurate scientific data in order to …
HRWFF Review: Judges Under Pressure
The Brexit referendum demonstrated just how little most British people know about the European Union and the power of nationalistic and populist right-wing politics. However, it’s far from perfect and the institution is well overdue widespread reform. The addition of new members from the former Eastern Bloc and Baltic states added several new challenges which …
HRWFF Review: On the Divide
I can’t be the only one who watches the news coming out of the Southern American States with increasing horror. Slowly but surely, it seems every single law that promotes tolerance, diversity and inclusion is being stripped back. Particularly those focusing on gender equality and LGBTQI+ rights. With loud conservative and Christian voices coming to …
GFF Review: Hommage
While there have been great steps forward over the last couple of decades, the film industry is still a male-dominated world. The level of access afforded to women fluctuates between different countries, with the more progressive at least seeming to have a level playing field. On the face of it, anyway. Access and support are …
GFF Review: Carajita
It is estimated that there are currently over sixty-five million domestic workers around the world. Mostly women, they are normally from poorer backgrounds and are afforded some of the weakest legal protections within the countries they live. Expected to work long hours and dedicate their lives to the families they work for. While they are …
GFF Review: Some Like It Rare
As people turn away from meat in increasing numbers, let’s not kid ourselves that the alternatives are entirely perfect. Nevertheless, there is no doubting that we need to eat far fewer of our animal cousins. We cannot sustain the current levels of production and veganism is rapidly offering a viable and increasingly varied solution. There’s …