You are here: Homepage Tag cinema Articles In his documentaries, Syrian director Feras Fayyad shows how his compatriots tried to defy the relentless terror of the Assad regime Photo: Stine Heilmann Crimes against humanity | Syria “They drank coffee, smoked - and tortured us” Under the Assad regime, tens of thousands of Syrians were tortured, some for years on end. Can a society ever overcome such trauma? A conversation with filmmaker Feras Fayyad Interview with Feras Fayyad 08/05/2025 The Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz Portrait: Victor Boyko / Getty Images Personal history | Brazil A new world in every film The Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz has always been drawn to distant horizons. From Brazil via New York, he found his way to Berlin By Karim Aïnouz 03/14/2024 Indigenous cinema | New Zealand “Lacking access to our own culture” How a filmmaker seeks to give the Maori a voice. By Chelsea Winstanley 03/29/2019
In his documentaries, Syrian director Feras Fayyad shows how his compatriots tried to defy the relentless terror of the Assad regime Photo: Stine Heilmann Crimes against humanity | Syria “They drank coffee, smoked - and tortured us” Under the Assad regime, tens of thousands of Syrians were tortured, some for years on end. Can a society ever overcome such trauma? A conversation with filmmaker Feras Fayyad Interview with Feras Fayyad 08/05/2025
The Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz Portrait: Victor Boyko / Getty Images Personal history | Brazil A new world in every film The Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz has always been drawn to distant horizons. From Brazil via New York, he found his way to Berlin By Karim Aïnouz 03/14/2024
Indigenous cinema | New Zealand “Lacking access to our own culture” How a filmmaker seeks to give the Maori a voice. By Chelsea Winstanley 03/29/2019
