Movies & Series

Approaches to the unknown

Film bravely embark on foreign territory

It is often the unknown, the unfamiliar, that leaves us perplexed and makes us react with incomprehension and unease, sometimes even with fear and anger. It is easy and convenient to simply exclude the unfamiliar, to ignore it or, in the worst case, to "demonise" it. But only that which we do not (want to) know remains truly foreign and threatening. Many films, however, make completely different, friendly and tolerant offers: They open windows with a view to the other, to those who think differently, to people who simply live differently from ourselves. They are great offers that move (something): the chance for discoveries, encounters, exchange and discourse about artistic, spiritual and moral values.

It is often the unknown, the unfamiliar, that leaves us perplexed and makes us react with incomprehension and unease, sometimes even with fear and anger. It is easy and convenient to simply exclude the unfamiliar, to ignore it or, in the worst case, to "demonise" it. But only that which we do not (want to) know remains truly foreign and threatening. Many films, however, make completely different, friendly and tolerant offers: They open windows with a view to the other, to those who think differently, to people who simply live differently from ourselves. They are great offers that move (something): the chance for discoveries, encounters, exchange and discourse about artistic, spiritual and moral values.

It is often the unknown, the unfamiliar, that leaves us perplexed and makes us react with incomprehension and unease, sometimes even with fear and anger. It is easy and convenient to simply exclude the unfamiliar, to ignore it or, in the worst case, to "demonise" it. But only that which we do not (want to) know remains truly foreign and threatening. Many films, however, make completely different, friendly and tolerant offers: They open windows with a view to the other, to those who think differently, to people who simply live differently from ourselves. They are great offers that move (something): the chance for discoveries, encounters, exchange and discourse about artistic, spiritual and moral values.