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Dokufest attendees enter the Lumbardhi Bahce in Prizren for the festival’s opening, passing a mural of a butterfly with the festival slogan ‘New Order’. Photo: BIRN

Kosovo Dokufest’s Spotlight on Palestine Takes Festival Into Sensitive Territory

The Dokufest film festival's programme boldly focused on Palestine and Ukraine, defying concerns expressed by some other cultural festival organisers that highlighting the Palestinians' plight can put funding at risk.

Screening at the open cinema at the Prizren fortress in 2018. Photo: Suer Celina, courtesy of Dokuufest.

Dokufest 2024: Embracing a New World Order

Under the theme 'New Order,' Kosovo’s International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Dokufest, will explore the reconfiguration of the global geopolitical landscape with an artistic order through its diverse film selections and thematic programs.

Posters at the opening of Anibar International Animation Festival read: “‘Patriarkati: Fabrikë e Dhunuesve (The Patriarchy: a Factory of Abusers)’; ‘Patriarkati: Armik i Përbashkët (The Patriarchy: Mutual Enemy)’; ‘Patriarkati: Fundi po i vjen (Patriarchy: Its end is coming)’." July 15, 2024. Photo: BIRN

‘Smashing the Patriarchy’: Anibar Film Festival Provides Possibilities for Equality

In its fifteenth edition, the Anibar International Animation Festival, in Kosovo’s town of Peja, urges citizens to raise their voices against patriarchal oppression.

‘Smashing the Patriarchy’: Anibar Film Festival Provides Possibilities for Equality

In its fifteenth edition, the Anibar International Animation Festival, in Kosovo’s town of Peja, urges citizens to raise their voices against patriarchal oppression.

Third International Film Festival, ‘Art Without Limit’, Opens

The 3rd edition of the international film festival, ‘Art Without Limit’, dedicated to people with special needs, opens on Thursday.