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What I'm talking about when I talk about pictures

PHOTO: I brought the gaze of anthropology into the camera lens, it became my optics. The experience of several years in San Francisco, or the experience of having a little brother with schizophrenia – what does that mean for the pictures?
Ellen Ugelstad -

The self-medication of complacency

BJØRNEBOE FILM: Is it the freedom we are afraid of? asks film director Terje Dragseth.
Sigurd Ohrem -

Skinless exposure

Margreth Olin, Katja Høgset, Espen Wallin: self Portrait

anorexia: shameless uses Lene Marie Fossen's own tormented body as a canvas for grief, pain and longing in her series of self-portraits – relevant both in the documentary self Portrait and in the exhibition Gatekeeper.
Ellen Lande -

Homo politician: From Paris to Baku

DOCUMENTARY: DocLisboa has a tradition of highlighting new talent. This year's festival was no exception.
Neil Young -

The filmmaker's distinctive look

Every Werry: 16: 9 – Four TVs in the Fern: Filmmaking Reports

: DIRECTOR: Filmmaker Elke Werry has traveled far and wide and realized documentary film projects for over thirty years.
Hans-Georg Kohler -

Herzog: "Facts do not constitute the truth"

DUKE: The acclaimed German film director Werner Herzog talks about his latest film Meeting Gorbachev and warns against expressing the truth in precise terms.
Sevara Pan -

The houses we were, the cities we are

Arianna Lodeserto, Director Yuka Sato: The Houses We Were (Le case che eravamo) / DIALOGUE

: Two important documentaries that demonstrate the potential of the short film format and highlight the diversity of today's documentary film narratives.
Neil Young -

War for peace 

Jevhen Titarenko: War for Peace

: War for Peace shows strong footage from the line of fire in a conflict without winners.
Nick Holdsworth -

Witness the fencing of his own sex

: Arab Film Days: A lively and real presentation of a politically hot topic, where the pre-pubertal, tough little sister acts as an extension of the audience's gaze. 
Hilde Susan Jaegtnes -

On the way to genocide?

: Norwegian authorities must decide what role they want to play in Burundi: Violence is increasing, and trends from the massacres in neighboring Rwanda are repeated. The West is also responsible for the increase in ethnic conflicts.
karoline@interfilm.no -

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