Anke Welten

Son of Babylon: a plea for mutual understanding

March 2010 -

When Mohamed Al-Daradji returned to his native Iraq shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein, he was filled with desire for revenge. He incorporated his emotions in a film in which, surpisingly, mutual understanding is the theme.

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Five thousand euros for a dollar bill at the Armenian Film Festival

August 2008 -

Andro Sakvarelidze and Giga Chkheidze from Georgia received an award from the Hubert Bals Fund - the Rotterdam International Film Festival's fund for filmmakers from developing countries - at the Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan, Armenia. The filmmakers received five thousand euros for their Washington film project.

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Interview

Film supports Quilombolas emancipation in Brazil

May 2008 -

The Brazilian documentary maker Felipe Peres Calheiros recorded a unique trip of descendants of runaway slaves.

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Interview

Claudia Fontes: 'The magical force of culture does not appear upon demand'

April 2008 -

Art can trigger fantastic social changes, but not when this is planned in advance. That is the conclusion drawn by Claudia Fontes based on the evaluation study she performed on projects supported by the Hivos Cultural Fund in Central America.

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Interview

N'goné Fall: 'Governments are the last parties you want to cooperate with'

April 2008 -

The fact that relatively few artists are able to exhibit their work in the North is primarily due to the fact that the wrong partners are chosen, according to N’goné Fall, architect and curator from Senegal, during the Unlimited curiosity conference held in Rotterdam on 31 March 2008.

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