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The Babylon, Haunted and Disorient documentaries

Between 21. September and 4. October, the Internet-based viewing platform Doc Alliance Films focused on films about refugees. Here are some of them.
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Emotional power among self-pity soups

FILM FESTIVAL: Among some flat sentimentality during the short film festival in Odense, Gustav Möller's departure film from the Danish Film School, In the Dark, stood out with his stylized portrait of a forced woman.
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ISRAEL: A society's conception of suicide

DOCUMENTS IN MODERN TIMES: In a kibbutz society in Israel, suicide is a serious taboo, but at the same time a growing fact. Two parents confront society's concealment and condemnation of reality. THE MOVIE CAN BE SEEN HERE IN AUGUST.
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Metaphysical street views

DOCUMENTS: Khalik Allah's portrait art moves in areas that are otherwise only viewed by surveillance cameras.
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Vipin Vijay's turmoil

For Indian filmmaker Vipin Vijay, film is a process of "inventing oneself".
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The Iron Government commands

The stories tell us that the Indians called the train the "iron horse". In The Iron Ministry we are in modern Chinese "iron dragons".
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A counter image to the car advertising

The car has often figured as a symbol of freedom. Swedish documentary Fredrik Gertten, on the other hand, presents the car as a prison.
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Cinematic freerunning

You don't have to dream away to escape the city's density, chaos and exhaust – you can climb buildings and jump around the roof.
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The imperceptible power of film sound

In an age characterized by auditory manipulation and sonic abuse of power, it is good that we have filmmakers like Deborah Stratman – who in a playful fashion problematize our relationship with film sound.
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