ASKOLD KUROV - THE GENEVA OBSERVER

ASKOLD KUROV

“Truth is what Putin fears most. That is why he systematically suppresses it.”

“Truth is what Putin fears most. That is why he systematically suppresses it.”

“Truth is what Putin fears most. That is why he systematically suppresses it,” Russian filmmaker in exile Askold Kurov told me when I recently spoke with him as The G|O partners with the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, which opens tomorrow.

Concocted by a Pro, a Scrumptious Documentary Menu at the FIFDH—an Interview with Daphné Rozat

Concocted by a Pro, a Scrumptious Documentary Menu at the FIFDH—an Interview with Daphné Rozat

Careful hand-picking is the modus operandi when selecting works for the Geneva International Human Rights Festival. “I consider roughly 500 documentary projects every year before arriving at my final selection,” Daphné Rozat tells me. I was expecting a large number, but I never thought it’d be that high—even

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