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film from the south

Political thriller from real-life Egypt

ARAB MOVIE DAYS: "Boy from Heaven" is first and foremost a well-composed suspense film, but at the same time gives an exciting insight into religious environments and political lines of conflict in today's Egypt.
Aleksander Huser -

Actual and imagined boundaries

FILM FROM THE SOUTH: Jafar Panahi's "No Bears" is a strong film in itself, but gains even greater impact in light of the situation the now imprisoned Iranian filmmaker is in.
Aleksander Huser -

The devil is in the system

DEATH PENALTY: The Berlin winner There is no devil is a strong statement against Iran's state executions and a morally complex depiction of living in a totalitarian society.
Aleksander Huser -

30 years with Film fra Sør

DIGITAL FESTIVAL: "It is a special year," say Lasse Skagen and Åse Meyer from Film fra Sør. With the closure of the cinemas in Oslo, this year's anniversary edition of the festival will be arranged digitally.
Aleksander Huser -

When killing is the only solution

ABUSE: In an Iranian youth detention center, a group of teenage girls is being detained. They have all killed a father, brother or spouse.
Carmen Gray -

Sensible Arabic film-painting

WOMEN: A sensual and strong relationship between women without a touch of Hollywood feel.
Ellen Lande -

"Fuck you, Bashar"

SYRIA: Feras Fayyad's new documentary shows people's courage, resilience and solidarity in a hospital under the bomb.
Carmen Gray -

Colorful about fatal prejudice

injustice: Superstition and prophecy provide the framework for a story in which a curse says that the main character will die before he turns twenty.
Ellen Lande -

Football bans and women's matches

SUDANIC WOMEN'S FOOTBALL: When the African dream is not to meet the right, but to play on the national team.
Ellen Lande -

Race for the accidents

PATIENT HUNTING: The intense and upbeat documentary Midnight Family follows a family-owned ambulance in Mexico City, and their extreme dilemmas between life-saving and earnings.
Aleksander Huser -

Slavery on the high seas

MODERN SLAVERY: The Thai mafia is tricking or kidnapping men who end up as slave laborers on fishing skates. A female activist is fighting for the fishermen's life.
Bianca-Olivia Nita -

When going to the cinema becomes a political act

SUDAN: What role can cinema play in democracy building?
Melita Zajc -

Lordships and parasites

Palme d'Or-WINNER: Modern class distinctions are strongly present in this year's Film from the South opening film Parasite, which is an exuberant and biting social satire one should not know too much about in advance.
Aleksander Huser -

The lost defender

ISRAEL: For almost fifty years, Lea Tsemel has been at the forefront of the fight for justice and compassion for those lost and impossible to defend.
Bianca-Olivia Nita -

Meaningful notes from a Japanese master

In Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, director Stephen Nomura Schible presents an intimate meeting with an artist and activist. I feel privileged to be let so close into his creative universe.
Kaisa Ytterhaug -

No one would think anyone could bu

West's scrapped phones, PC monitors and refrigerators become a kind of livelihood for the many living on the world's largest garbage dump for electronic products, Sodom
Aleksander Huser -
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