ROTTERDAM FILM FESTIVAL: This year's film festival unveiled several documentaries and short films, including Above Us Only Sky and Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us, which turned out to be a rough staple of a movie.
SEX: Asymmetry highlights stories about gender roles, nationality and power and gives us an unforgettable asymmetrical experience, in both form and content.
The Norwegian Writers Association's Freedom of Expression Award has just been awarded to Aslı Erdogan – who, more than any other author, has become the symbol of the catastrophic development in today's Turkey. She refuses to bow despite persistent harassment, persecution and imprisonment, and still insists that the only solution for lasting peace is through reconciliation.