Midway through a week of film festivities and frolics at Poland’s EnergaCAMERIMAGE Film Festival, a missile struck Polish territory. The explosion happened in the village of Przewodów, near the Ukraine border and almost 300 miles from the festival’s home in Toruń, but shockwaves were felt there too. It was a stark reminder of the sombre … Read more
The third edition of the “OKO” International Ethnographic Film Festival is rapidly approaching. This year, the festival received 1171 submissions from 104 countries, and covered all the continents of our planet. Out of those entries, programmers selected 8 feature and 16 short ethnographic documentaries that highlight a colourful assembly of hidden places, forgotten cultures, sacred … Read more
Not only millions of Ukrainian peopl,e but festivals too have been displaced as a result of the war that broke out on February 24. OKO’s third edition was threatened as the region of Bessarabia, being close to the Black Sea, appeared to be one of the main strategic interests of Russia. But despite this, the … Read more