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Ola Salwa


338 articles available in total starting from 21/03/2017. Last article published on 10/06/2025.

Apolena Rychlíková  • Director of Limits of Europe

Interview: Apolena Rychlíková • Director of Limits of Europe

“The main interest for me and Sasha was to make those invisible people visible – at least for 98 minutes”

The Czech director delves into her close collaboration with her protagonist as they blew the lid off the working conditions of migrant labourers in Europe  

05/04/2024 | One World Prague 2024

Life Is Beautiful triumphs at One World; East Doc Platform rewards Under the Spell

Life Is Beautiful triumphs at One World; East Doc Platform rewards Under the Spell

The feature by Mohamed Jabaly has scooped the top prize at the human rights film gathering, while the Polish project by Łukasz Konopa emerged victorious at the industry event  

29/03/2024 | One World Prague 2024 | Awards

Zdenek Blaha  • Programme director, IDF, and manager, East Doc Platform

Interview: Zdenek Blaha • Programme director, IDF, and manager, East Doc Platform

“The only thing that unites all of the documentaries we have selected is that they all have international potential”

The documentary expert comments on the programme of this year’s East Doc Platform, which features training sessions, panels and master classes prepared together with the One World Film Festival  

28/03/2024 | One World Prague 2024

The Flats comes out on top at CPH:DOX

The Flats comes out on top at CPH:DOX

The documentary by Alessandra Celesia has won the top prize in the DOX:AWARD Competition; other victors include Grand Me, Preemptive Listening and No Other Land  

25/03/2024 | CPH:DOX 2024 | Awards

Håvard Bustnes • Director of Phantoms of the Sierra Madre

Interview: Håvard Bustnes • Director of Phantoms of the Sierra Madre

“Our idea was to make a road movie, a bit in the style of Twin Peaks, with the protagonist meeting some strange people”

The Norwegian director assures us that everything we see in his surprising and twist-laden documentary happened just as he shows it  

22/03/2024 | CPH:DOX 2024

Human rights and the issues around them come into focus at the 26th One World Film Festival

Human rights and the issues around them come into focus at the 26th One World Film Festival

The international gathering kicks off in Prague today with 96 full-length films and 10 VR projects, plus the first-ever addition of narrative titles to the selection  

20/03/2024 | One World Prague 2024

Review: Can’t Feel Nothing

Review: Can’t Feel Nothing

David Borenstein’s documentary feels like a beginners’ course in the evils of social media, but despite telling us nothing new about the internet, it’s still an interesting watch  

19/03/2024 | CPH:DOX 2024

Review: Life and Other Problems

Review: Life and Other Problems

Max Kestner’s film asks just one good question: what would it be like to be a spruce? Everything else poses as cerebral, while in fact it’s simply exhausting  

18/03/2024 | CPH:DOX 2024

Marek Kozakiewicz • Director of We Are Perfect

Interview: Marek Kozakiewicz • Director of We Are Perfect

“What surprised me was the openness and maturity that these young people had when they were talking about themselves”

The helmer breaks down his tender and honest film about young people who know who they are, yet struggle to feel accepted by their families and the world  

11/03/2024 | Thessaloniki Documentary 2024

Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border pockets the Polish Eagle for Best Film

Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border pockets the Polish Eagle for Best Film

The Polish filmmaker also received a Lifetime Achievement Award during an evening dominated by Paweł Maślona’s Scarborn, which scooped six prizes  

05/03/2024 | Festivals | Awards | Poland

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