Many films that are currently being made in Latin America deal with bored adolescents who do not know what to do with their lives. The sixth edition of LAFF tries to discover why.
Modern architecture in Africa is inseparably linked to the post-colonial era. Architect Antoni Folkers has written a book about the sometimes difficult relationship between New Architecture and traditional African architecture.
For many years the Egyptian pop music industry was in the vanguard, but now Lebanon seems to have taken the lead. An exponent of this are the provocative video clips by popular female singers.
The Festival Iberomericano de Teatro de Bogotá has extremely high numbers of visitors. But because of its increasing folksy character it is subject to criticism as well.
Paramaribo SPAN marks the completion of a four-year exchange project between Rotterdam and Paramaribo, ARTRoPa. The project has three mutually related platforms: a book, an exhibition and a blog.
Rather quickly after the Iranian revolution, there was a genuine revival of classical music from Iran. Of course, there is also pop music in Iran, but people are less familiar with it. But that is about to change.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' new financing regulations for development collaboration have farreaching effects for several Dutch organisations which are active in the field of culture and development.
When Mohamed Al-Daradji returned to his native Iraq shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein, he was filled with desire for revenge. He incorporated his emotions in a film in which, surpisingly, mutual understanding is the theme.
In March of 2010 a raging fire destroyed the graves of four Bugandan kings just outside the Ugandan capital of Kampala. The incident is all the more regrettable because Africa still leads the Unesco World Heritage List
