29/10/2021 - Using the starting point of her own family history in the region of Silesia, Juliane Henrich’s documentary is a re-evaluation of what genealogy could actually entail
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Alqadi documents the protests – and her personal odyssey – following the brutal episode of mass sexual assault taking place in Tahrir Square, Cairo on 25 January 2013. The attacks, mostly perpetrated by young men aged 20-30, involved women of any age. Rapists took advantage of the confusion caused by the huge crowd which had gathered on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution. When Alqadi becomes pregnant during filming, she starts to re-examine the constructs of her own childhood in Palestine and what it means to be a woman and a mother in the Middle East. She also begins an imaginary conversation with her mother, who died before she could see her one last time.
Hot Docs-Blue Ice Fund unveil eight recipients, renewed support for African docs Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and Blue Ice Docs have revealed the eight African film projects chosen to receive CA$120,000 in development and production grants from the Hot Docs-Blue . April 7, 2021
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and Blue Ice Docs have revealed the eight African film projects chosen to receive CA$120,000 in development and production grants from the Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund.
The projects were selected from 83 submissions from 24 different African countries. A total of four projects will receive development grants and four will receive production grants.