Perspectives 2017

This year, the themed programmes for 2017 have been combined into the Perspectives section. With Parallax Views the festival will present an up-to-the-minute programme that will study polarisation in contemporary society.

In 2017 this section includes:

• Parallax Views

  At the tipping point of multiple political shifts, the world seems more divided

  Perspectives

• A Band Apart

  As Punk turned forty years old, the idea of youth bringing disorder and/or

  Perspectives

• Criss-Cross

  In the 1970s, France’s most successful cinematic products were its

  Perspectives

• Black Rebels

  Many democratic societies are facing the implications of the cultural divide

  Perspectives

• Picture Palestine

  Since 1917, the year in which the British government’s Balfour declaration

  Perspectives