Nov
14
2009
Short documentary Ma Bar (2009) about 73 year old weightlifter by Finlay Pretsell and Adrian McDowall is a film I’ve seen this year at the festival ZagrebDox… On this occasion I wanna remind you that you can submit your documentary for the next edition of the festival here…
Ma Bar by Finlay Pretsell and Adrian McDowall
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Mar
23
2009
Obviously Brooklyn is very, very inspiring place to be… Coz when you put your fingers, eyes or mind on some art piece which has a label ‘Made in Brooklyn’, you can always expect something special.
Kief Davidson, feature film and documentary director, was born and raised in Brooklyn, very vivacious area of New York. Today, I’m gonna blog about his documentary ‘Kassim the Dream‘ that covers life story of African boxer Kassim The Dream Ouma.

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Mar
10
2009
Martin Bruch is certainly one of the most famous lomographers. His photos, taken in the moment when he fell off the wheelchairs, were till now exhibited at events and spaces such as the Venice Biennale (2001), Sadler’s Well London, Conversation Centre Liverpool, Künstlerhaus Graz, Tanzquartier Wien…
Photo by Martin Bruch (c)
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Mar
1
2009
Striking and haunting documentary ‘Burma VJ – Reporting From a Closed Country‘ was certainly for me the best film of this year’s Zagreb Dox programme.
I’m so glad that this film got a special recognition in the competition and Movies That Matters Award for best film dealing with human rights issues.

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Feb
28
2009
Time to begin my reviews on films I saw on Zagreb Dox Film Festival that occupied me completely over the last five days.
Although I started watching films which were selected in the programme entitled Happy Dox, I’m gonna start with film from the competition programme and that’s animated film Slaves by Hanna Heilborn & David Aronowitsch.

Story AB (c)
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