Daniel Kovalovszky An Infernal Play [ EPF 2019 FINALIST ] In 1945 Mátyás Rákosi, the leader of the Hungarian Communist Party, following the Soviet example, introduced a new Stalinist dictatorship in which human rights were severely violated. As a result of show trials, several hundred thousands of political convicts were sent to forced labor camps, were …
Ingmar Björn Nolting Somaliland [ FUJIFILM/YOUNG TALENT AWARD 2019 FINALIST ] The Horn of Africa is regarded as one of the continent’s most war-torn regions. Somalia in particular crashed into an ever deeper chaos of civil war and terror after the disempowerment of the Somali dictator Siad Barre in 1991. There is still no end …
Turjoy Chowdhury Genocide ’71- A Memory Map [ EPF 2019 FINALIST ] Though still unrecognised internationally as genocide, many researchers have studied and different studies have mentioned different numbers of people killed in 1971 by the Pakistani Military with their collaborators. The government of Bangladesh puts the number at 3 million. 200,000 to 400,000 women …
Giovanni Coco Plantarium The Garbatella and its flora are a well-kept Roman secret. It is an exotic and unique neighbourhood – founded in February 1920, so next to its centenary – known for its architecture based on lots, a particular kind of public housing with buildings designed according to “Barocchetto romano” style and to English …
