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When the immense power of the state is used against citizens, what role does the camera play? These three films, from Afghanistan, USA and Ukraine, offer an array of possibilities. Is it a forensic tool or strategic weapon, an unreliable witness, a prosecutor or a provocateur?
The Takeover
Anders Hammer / Afghanistan, Norway, USA / 2023 / 35 / World Premiere
Filmed in 2021 and 2022, as the Taliban retake control of Afghanistan, this film documents the country’s rapid transformation and the women who refuse to lose their rights.
Incident
Bill Morrison / USA / 2023 / 29 / UK Premiere
Chicago, 2018. A man is shot dead in the street by the police. Playing out in real-time, Incident reconstructs this traumatic event from a variety of synchronised viewpoints.
Chornobyl 22
Чорнобиль 22
Oleksiy Radynski / Ukraine / 2023 / 20 / UK Premiere
During the Russian occupation of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in early 2022, an anonymous local informant clandestinely films the movement of Russian military vehicles.
