This talk was drawn on the personal experience of Natalie Nougayrède, a decades-long Europe-watcher, and editor for major European media in different countries. Sofia Dyak, historian and director of the Center, and Daria Badior, editor, joined the talk.

The Power of Culture During the War: Who Will Watch the Watchmen. Keynote speech by Daria Badior, journalist, co-founder of the Union of Film Critics of Ukraine and the Coalition of Culture Actors (Ukraine)

Watch the recording of the IDF Industry Session with critic and journalist Daria Badior, filmmaker and researcher Kumjana Novakova, director and producer Volia Chajkouskaya and filmmaker and educator Srdjan Keča. Moderated by a Professor of Film Studies at the University of St. Andrews Dîna Iordanova. Organized by the Institute of Documentary Film in cooperation with Docudays UA.

RIGA IFF in cooperation with the Kyiv Critics’ Week film festival is organising a discussion series on the topic of colonialism in film and media with the participation of international experts. The first discussion on 19 October is dedicated to what we in Eastern Europe can do so that the media and its contents, especially outlets dedicated to culture and art, can be liberated from the logic of colonialism? Can cinema be considered a weapon of political and cultural diplomacy? How important is it to think about culture and art as political?