Gianfranco Pannone’s Red Sunrise was bound to be controversial in Italy. Considered offensive by the Italy’s Berlusconian Minister of Culture, the film had a little distribution so far.  In this interview the director talks to Kamila Kuc about the Red Brigades and why he decided to make this film now.

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In her latest film Megumi, Mirjam van Veelen tells a story of Megumi Yokota, a 13-year old Japanese girl, kidnapped by the North Korean spies. She talks to Kamila Kuc about the feelings of pain and loss it caused Megumi’s family and how she wanted to express this in the film.

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Alessandra Magnaghi and Ortensia Visconti’s Fidelity is a portrait of a complicated Cuban society, allegedly destined to disappear with its leader. In this interview they talk to Kamila Kuc about the nature of their collaboration and about exploring and filming the island.

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This year in addition to the plethora of brilliant new documentaries, LIDF also reveals some of London’s most stylish and luxurious surroundings in which to watch them. Three hotels with private screening rooms feature on our list of venues, all centrally located with beautifully designed interiors and sumptuous seating.

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LIDF Director Patrick Hazard is currently in Pakistan working with film students who are making documentaries about their own country, as part of our new initiative Pakistani Filmmakers for Social Change.

We asked Patrick to record his experience in the form of a diary – click here to read this rather extraordinary journal and to join him in conversation.

This initiative is supported by the British High Commission in Pakistan and Geo TV UK.

To read more about the project, click here.

To find out about our event Filmmaking for Social Change: Prevent and Resolve Conflict, click here.

‘Life is beautiful’

Brian Malone’s photo-essay Intelligent Life examines how our comfort and convenience contribute to the greatest causes of suffering and destruction in contemporary world. In this interview Malone talks about simple behaviour adjustments that can ‘turn this world around’ by Kamila Kuc

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Richard Butchins’s controversial film The Last American Freak Show raises difficult questions about disability and has scared some people off – Bafta recently withdrew from screening it, for reasons that remain unclear. Kamila Kuc talks to the director about a life-changing experience.

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In The Solitary Life of Cranes, Eva Weber joined some of the hundreds of crane drivers who, despite working high above the city, enjoy a strangely intimate view of London by Kamila Kuc

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