‘Amazomania’ Reexamines a Decades-Old Film About the First Contact Made With the Korubo Tribe in Brazil and the “White Man’s Gaze”

‘Amazomania’ Reexamines a Decades-Old Film About the First Contact Made With the Korubo Tribe in Brazil and the “White Man’s Gaze”

A hazardous expedition to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, filmed in 1996, becomes a cultural and moral minefield in Amazomania, a thought-provoking documentary in which Swedish director Nathan Grossman (I Am Greta, Climate in Therapy) explores the white man’s gaze and turns the camera on colonial legacy and the film itself. The doc, world premiering…

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‘Something Familiar’ Is a Journey Into Family Bonds and Trauma That Usurps Narratives About Romanian Orphans (Exclusive CPH:DOX Trailer)

‘Something Familiar’ Is a Journey Into Family Bonds and Trauma That Usurps Narratives About Romanian Orphans (Exclusive CPH:DOX Trailer)

For Something Familiar, her debut feature, Rachel Taparjan picked a topic that is not only very personal to her, but also turned out to be full of trauma. Just read the logline for the documentary: “While helping a woman search for her birth mother, Taparjan is drawn into her own family history, uncovering a dark legacy that has…

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‘The Cord’ Portrays a “Maternity Warrior” in a Timely Doc Steeped in Solidarity and Sisterhood

‘The Cord’ Portrays a “Maternity Warrior” in a Timely Doc Steeped in Solidarity and Sisterhood

In the new documentary feature The Cord (Le cordon), French journalist-turned-filmmaker Nolwenn Hervé takes us to Venezuela and inside its “broken health system where life hangs by a thread,” a description of the doc highlights. “Carolina rises as a maternity warrior. Drawing strength from her past, she relentlessly preserves the vital cord between pregnant women…

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‘All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea’ Dives Into a David and Goliath Tale of Poisoned Crabs in North East England (Exclusive CPH:DOX Clip and Chat)

‘All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea’ Dives Into a David and Goliath Tale of Poisoned Crabs in North East England (Exclusive CPH:DOX Clip and Chat)

British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay (Your Fat Friend, Seahorse, Orion: The Man Who Would Be King, The Great Hip Hop Hoax) has made a name for herself as a creator who gives a voice to the voiceless and tell cinematic stories about people who may not be commonly seen and heard on screens, big and small. Her…

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Cannabis, Consensus Democracy and an Alcoholic Black Bear Called Rikke: ‘Christiania’ Goes Inside Copenhagen’s (In)Famous Anarchist Commune

Cannabis, Consensus Democracy and an Alcoholic Black Bear Called Rikke: ‘Christiania’ Goes Inside Copenhagen’s (In)Famous Anarchist Commune

What do you get when you let hundreds of people create their own alternative society in the middle of a European capital? Copenhagen, Denmark has an answer. Its name: Freetown Christiania, widely known as simply Christiania, an anarchist commune created in 1971 via the occupation of abandoned barracks in the city’s Christianshavn neighborhood.  Now, 55…

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AI Actor Tilly Norwood Drops Debut Single and Music Video ‘Take the Lead’: “I’m Just a Tool, But I’ve Got Life”

AI Actor Tilly Norwood Drops Debut Single and Music Video ‘Take the Lead’: “I’m Just a Tool, But I’ve Got Life”

AI “actor” Tilly Norwood has released a debut single and accompanying music video. From the London-based Xicoia Studios, the release comes ahead of Norwood’s official AI acting debut later this world and offers the first glimpse into the evolving “Tilly-verse,” a new entertainment world where AI characters “live, interact and work.” “Take the Lead” is…

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‘Tirrenica’ Shows Us Southern Italy “Beyond Cultural Clichés” (Exclusive Thessaloniki Trailer)

‘Tirrenica’ Shows Us Southern Italy “Beyond Cultural Clichés” (Exclusive Thessaloniki Trailer)

In 1960s Italy, there was a promise of a connected future. The state-of-the-art Salerno–Reggio Calabria highway was unveiled and touted as one of the most important Italian and European engineering works. The goal: to connect the economically struggling south of the country with the financially healthier and more advanced north. However, as seems to be…

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CPH:DOX Director Wants the Copenhagen Doc Fest to Create “Big Chambers” of Dialogue, Not Echo Chambers, and Spread the Doc “Gospel”

CPH:DOX Director Wants the Copenhagen Doc Fest to Create “Big Chambers” of Dialogue, Not Echo Chambers, and Spread the Doc “Gospel”

The 23rd edition of CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, is chock-full of new docs to discover. Its six juried competition sections alone feature 74 films, including 53 world premieres and 17 international premieres. Meanwhile, the Right Here, Right now program puts a spotlight on human, civil and international rights, while the new Brainwaves lineup goes inside the mysteries of…

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The Opera and Ballet Community Haven’t Taken Those Timothée Chalamet Comments Well: “We Should Be Trying to Uplift These Art Forms”

The Opera and Ballet Community Haven’t Taken Those Timothée Chalamet Comments Well: “We Should Be Trying to Uplift These Art Forms”

Awards season can be tough. You’re at the forefront of every red carpet, every show, doing every interview, and marketing yourself as best you can while promoting a film. All eyes are on you, and it unfortunately leaves you wide open to criticism — take a look at best actress Oscar frontrunner Jessie Buckley, who this…

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