Official Program

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Day 1
November
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Being a Whistleblower
Truth has a cost. Pressure, blackmail, loneliness, this investigation that looks like a psychological thriller reveals what it costs to expose an international scandal.
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Debate: Whistleblowers – ‘secret’ players that can change history
Blowing the whistle or staying quiet – what are the motives and inspiration behind the decision to become a whistleblower?
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Day 2
November
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Panel discussion: The Panama Papers
The Panama Papers, a series of stories using a collaboration of more than 300 reporters on six continents won this year’s Pulitzer prize for Explanatory Reporting for exposing the offshore links of some of the globe’s most prominent figures.
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Workshop: Women Journalists Reporting From High Risk Zones
Techniques for investigative and high-risk reporting with Barbara Schiavulli.
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The Boss
The film seeks answers to the question How to become a boss in Croatia.
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Workshop: Crowd funding campaigns for investigative journalism films
The workshop includes precise and proven instructions on how to become a boss.
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The Medal of the Loud
Despite the definitions of whistling as a noble act, people who report corruption are most often exposed to the various challenges that society places before them.
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Debate: Investigative journalism in the region – challenges and perspectives
What are the problems and challenges that investigative journalists face in the region?
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Flatland Without Birds?
In order to satisfy the requests from exclusive European restaurants, every year, the poachers across Europe and the Middle East kill millions of birds.
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Day 3
November
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Workshop: Producing a Cinematic Documentary with a Smartphone
One hour workshop on producing a cinematic documentary with a smartphone.
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Workshop: Challenges and Importance of Freelance Investigative Journalism
Tips for thriving as an investigative freelance reporter from Craig Shaw.
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Black Lungs
The documentary film "Black Lungs" tackles the issue of air pollution in Skopje, a problem which listed Macedonia's capital among the world's most polluted cities.
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Pollution: Skopje has reached Beijing
Over a thousand dead annually and economic damages of 250 million euros, that’s the prize from the poisonous air that Skopje's citizens breath every day, according to the findings of Finnish experts.
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New Journalism, Old Journalism
In this short documentary, made mostly with the money of its makers, the film examines the struggle of the city's traditional newspapers (symbolized by the newspaper Diário do Povo) to survive in a world that seems to be bound to be inherited by on-line websites.
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Debate: Macedonia and the fake news phenomena – did we help bring Trump in power?
NO CAMERAS OR RECORDINGS ALLOWED!
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The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire
The Spider’s Web: Britain's Second Empire, is a documentary film that shows how Britain transformed from a colonial power into a global financial power.