One factor preventing wider recognition of the Holodomor as a central moment in 20th century history is the lack of compelling treatment in film.
- Professor of Post-Soviet Cultural History and Film, Queen Mary University of London
Joseph Stalin is making a comeback in Russia.
Media organisations in former Soviet states are beginning to feel the bite of US foreign funding cuts.
Artdocfest 2024 was a showcase for films that show the reality of the war in Ukraine, and the spread of Russian politics to neighbouring countries.
While the filmmakers never received any explanation for the ban, they believe the film’s positive depiction of the west undermined the Russian media.
The documentary Night will Fall tells the story of German Concentration Camps Factual Survey, a film made by the Allied forces who filmed the scenes of the Nazi concentration camps as they liberated them…
Warning: this article contains spoilers. Paweł Pawlikowski’s Ida has rightly garnered plaudits and acclaim wherever it has been shown: its black-and-white camerawork, empty spaces and unhurried pace create…
Many of the images of pro-Russian demonstrators in Ukraine, from Crimea to Donetsk, have shown them wearing black-and-orange-striped ribbons. The symbolism here is opaque to most Western observers, it…
A one-off programme on History’s H2 channel and Sky News has broadcast for the first time some film footage I discovered depicting the Holocaust. This may seem unremarkable: in the digital age, smartphones…
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