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Turkish history overshadows Istanbul Film Festival

The banning of a Kurdish film at this year’s Istanbul Film festival has overshadowed the whole event. As a mark of solidarity other directors and

24/04/2015

Cinema

'Bakur' screening ban causes controversy at the Istanbul International Film Festival

The documentary ‘Bakur’ caused no end of controversy at this year’s International Film Festival in Istanbul. The screening of the film was cancelled

17/04/2015

Cinema

Summers relives The Police in new documentary

“The Police” are back – at least in movie theaters in the USA. Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police is a documentary based on “One Train

15/04/2015

Cinema

Poignant doc offers glimpse into South Sudan's forgotten war

Children will always be children and even war will not kill their sense of creativity and play. US documentary maker Andrew Berends spent several

06/04/2015

Cinema

New Robert Altman documentary honours an American cinema giant

One of world cinema’s greats, the late American director Robert Altman, gets an overdue documentary from filmmaker Ron Mann, which offers an in-depth

01/04/2015

Cinema

Oscar-winning doc 'Citizenfour' chronicles Edward Snowden's

'Citizenfour' chronicles Edward Snowden's exchanges with journalists in a Hong Kong hotel room as he reveals the scale of the US government's spying programme at home and abroad.

20/03/2015

Cinema

Maidan: the story of Ukraine's protest movement

It is the film that captures one of the most significant protest movements of the last decades: Ukraine’s Euromaidan that toppled a government

11/03/2015

USA

Pioneering filmmaker Albert Maysles dies at 88

Pioneering American documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles has died aged 88 after battling with cancer. Best known for working alongside his brother on

07/03/2015

India

Rapist's TV interview blaming women for sexual assaults banned in India

Television documentary “India’s daughter” which features an interview with a man convicted of gang-raping and killing a woman in Dehli has been

04/03/2015

Cinema

You'll be moved by "Spartacus and Cassandra"

Our film of the week is “Spartacus and Cassandra”, an original and moving documentary about the lives of two Roma children in France. Spartacus and

20/02/2015

Cinema

Doc pays homage to political cartoonists around the world

‘Cartoonists, Foot Soldiers of Democracy’ examines the work of 12 political cartoonists from around the world, who often put their lives at risk to

08/01/2015

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Kim Jong-un observes fighter jet drills in new footage

11/12/2014

Cinema

Muhammad Ali's personal life featured in new documentary

27/11/2014

World

Cartoonist Plantu explains why taunting world leaders is essential

24/09/2014