Day 4: Rhodope Mountains – The Quiet Path 🏞️🍃
The road from Plovdiv into the Rhodope Mountains began early and ended later than expected, as snow started to fall heavy along the way— heavy enough to make the landscape feel like winter had returned. I didn’t mind.
AIBM – BACK ON INSTAGRAM! AFTER A SCARE.
Dear friends, Today, AIBM has been unexpectedly suspended from Instagram- a platform I’ve actively used to connect with European content creators and showcase a carefully curated mosaic of European culture—news, film, music, and art. Fortunately, I have filed a complaint and have been cleared relatively quickly. The reason for this suspension remains unclear. It’s possible […]
Adolescence: The Brutal, Beautiful Truth We Can No Longer Ignore
The series delves into the aftermath of a tragic incident involving a 13-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing a classmate, exploring the profound impact on all involved. The series might be about you and I, whether we like it or not.
Dr. Quita Muis: Demistifying “Polarization in Society” Through Research.
Dr. Muis research challenges the prevailing narrative, suggesting that the perceived divide among social groups may be more illusory than real¹. We think Q’s research is based, and we are rooting for her as a champion of “real”.
Serbia’s Balancing Act: Between Brussels and the Shadows of the Past | By ai – Alva Nordenskjöld.
There is an old Balkan saying: Sedi na dve stolice—to sit on two chairs. It is a delicate, if not impossible, balancing act if those chairs are world’s apart, and only a cable between them.
What’s a Bro, To-and-Fro? Netflix’s ‘Machos Alfa’ Remade for FR & NL. Next? ITA & DE.
Want to explore European Macho Culture Stereotypes from three different angles, in three languages, through one story and on one platform? Wait, what? YES! That!
BERLINALE #25: now that the dust has settled, let’s agree that it does not matter who won the golden bear. Then again, HUP (!) HAUGERUD!
Because even though the W went to a deserving European Film, a host of other films that were just as valuable got a pass. Which makes no sense, does it?
With “KIDS” , ARTE gives perspective, without fixing it. And, despite some obvious limitations, it works phenomenally.
A mix of tasteful cinematography with observational and informed storytelling, KIDS invites us to relive, (!) all those childhood’s fears & freedom, panick & joy, challenges & awe. And all of that amidst these ultra-fast-revolving realities of today.
Berlinale 25′ – Germans go woke, Romanians hot n’steamy, Argentines get mystic, while “die Amerikanen” run the show. “Mann, echt”.
“Boy o boy” indeed, Berlinale is in full swing, and we wish we were there. But you know what, as we’re poking “the bear” a bit, might as well keep some distance. Eh?
KVADRAT goes IFFR: the chair will features film-goers next!
Rotterdam, late Januarrrry, earrrrlly February.. cold airrrrr, restless creatives buzzzzing around, shivering loud in their trendy cotton cloth. Herrree we come!