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Rehumanization of refugees

Laurent Van Lancker: Kales

: With a subdued and unobtrusive approach, director and anthropologist Laurent Van Lancker lets the residents of the now destroyed camp at Calais describe their separate community in their own words.
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The dark continent

Wojciech Kaspersky: Icon

: How inaccessible – or open – can a person's inner life become to others?
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Portrait of a child worker

Mari Bakke Riise: Kayayo – the live shopping baskets

: Thousands of little girls as young as 6 years old are sent from their alkali-poor homes in the countryside to the capital to earn a few pennies. There they are exchanged under burrows that can break even a strong adult back.
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The war as a show

Obaidah Zytoon, Andreas Dalsgaard: The War Show

: What does a radio DJ do when her homeland is transformed into one of the cruelest battlefields on the planet? Obaidah Zytoon chose to make a documentary about it.
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The Swedish top boss

Petr Horky: The Russian Job

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The triumph of self-destruction

Hendrick Dusollier: Last Days in Shibati

: Who do we become when the place we come from disappears?
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The deadly legacy of colonialism

Jude Ratnam: Demons in Paradise

: A documentary about oppressors and murders that finally ended Sri Lanka.
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The sweet side of life

Staffan Julen: LYUBOV – Love in Russian

: Lyubov – Love in Russian is a lyrical journey into the Russian soul.
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The many ways of power

Tereza Nvotová / Yann L'Hénoret / Ted Bourne, Mary Robertson and Banks Tarver: The Lust for Power / The Candidate: The Rise of Emmanuel Macron / Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time

: This year's Jihlava Festival focused on political film. Several were about heads of state and the election processes that led to their victory.
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To imprison a director

Askold Kurov: The Trial: The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov

: Doubts about the question of guilt emerge in the dialogue between director Askold Kurov and Vladimir Putin: It is not even clear what crimes Oleg Sentsov is said to have committed.
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MOVIE FROM THE SOUTH: The waiting room of death

Shevaun Mizrahi: Distant Constellation

: Shevaun Mizrahi's Distant Constellation follows the slow pace of the old home and teaches us something about what it means to grow old.
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The price of freedom

: Danielle Arbid

: The sexuality of Lebanese Danielle Arbid's films is an expression of protest, struggle and rebellion against taboos. 
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