Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival

Werner Herzog's Into the Abyss: Killer Documentary at Thessaloniki

Karin Badt | Posted 04.19.2012

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Karin Badt

Into the Abyss -- in a grander scheme -- is about the tragedy of human existence: evil defined both as human sinfulness and just bad luck.

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The Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival: From Mexican Prostitutes to Donald Trump

Karin Badt | Posted 04.19.2012

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Karin Badt

The Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival in Greece, which happens each March, is the most important in southern Europe: open to the public and attended by thousands, each selected "to inform, sensitize and mobilize the audience about critical issues."

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David Lynch and Transcendental Meditation: David Wants to Fly

Karin Badt | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: David Lynch, Tm, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, David Learns to Fly, Transcendental Meditation, David Sieveking, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

The delight of this documentary lies in its lightness, however it is too cynically lightweight about the benefits of meditation, as well as about the integrity of David Lynch's vision.

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Confessions of a Documentary Addict: From Peter Gabriel to Egg Donors

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zippi Brand Frank, Halo, Egg Donors, Monica and David, Nicaraguan Banana Plantations, Fredrik Gertten, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Unmistaken Child, Dole Corporation, Talking Back to Autism, Googlebaby, Nakamats, Fridriksson, Peter Gabriel, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

Every year when I come back from the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, it's like coming off a drug. Documentaries are a great way to catch up on the world and these days, they're immensely entertaining.

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Torture in North Korea: Concentration Camps in the Spotlight

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chol Hwan, Seoul, Kimjongilia, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, The Aquariums of Pyongyang, North Korea, Kim Jong-Il, Hoaas, Sun-Dyung, Heikin, North Korean Concentration Camps, Yodok Stories, Torture, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

At the recent Thessaloniki Documentary Festival in Greece, more than four documentaries focused on the horrors of North Korea.

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Can Dreams Predict the Future? Amy Hardie's New Documentary

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adam Zeman, Edge of Dreaming, Mark Solms, Neuroscience, Dreams, Amy Hardie, Mortality, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Predicting the Future, Premonitions, Rem Sleep, Full Frame, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

Edge of Dreaming, a new documentary by Scottish director Amy Hardie, is the true story of the year following Hardie's own dream prophesy.

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Lonely Danes and Thai Brides: Janus Metz' "Love on Delivery"

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Loneliness, Thai Women, Janus Metz, Sex Trade, Ticket to Paradise, Love on Delivery, Denmark Community, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Bride Catalogue, Arranged Marriages, Thailand, Bangkok-Thailand, Denmark, World News
Karin Badt

The film bears a highly controversial message: these economic-emotion exchange marriages work out to everyone's heart content.

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The Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival: Phil Spector, Louise Bourgeois and the Poor of Peru

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heddy Honigmann, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Louise Bourgeois, Amei Wallach, Dimitri Eipedes, Presumed Guilty, Phil Spector, Spector Convicted, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

At a documentary festival one has the impression of being among a noble group of people actively reflecting on the world (and what makes it better, a world not their own).

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Thessaloniki Film Festival: Wisdom From The Wheelchair: "Touch Me Someplace I Can Feel"

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karin Badt

My favorite at the festival: Simone de Vries' "Touch Me Someplace I Can Feel", featuring paraplegic John Callahan, who became a biting-humor cartoonist following his accident.

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