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Hot Docs’ European Program Explores Bodily Autonomy, Rise of Right-Wing, Labor Conditions in EU
The Changing Face of Europe, a section in Hot Docs Film Festival, explores the cultural, economic and political forces shaping contemporary Europe.
From an investigation of a right-wing group in Fabien Greenberg and Bård Kjøge Rønning’s “Norwegian Democrazy” to the fight for bodily freedom in Elina Psykou’s “Stray Bodies,” this year’s selection broaches a series of urgent — and, at many times, highly-sensitive — sociopolitical topics at the forefront of European society from filmmakers who may not always get the support they need within the international festival landscape. “For Emmanuelle, it was important to co-direct because it’s her story,” says Mikova, adding that the timing of the film follows a wide conversation about incest in French society after the publication of “The Familia Grande” by Camille Kouchner. “We had ethical concerns about whether the film would become a platform for this right-wing leader to spread his message, but we are firm in our belief that undressing the extremist movement can give the audience a deeper understanding of how not to follow their prejudice,” says Kjøge Rønning.
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