directed by Marc Wiese, Germany, 2020, 98 min.

original version with Italian subtitles

In many countries democratic systems are being consumed from the inside, while in others such as the Philippines they are dying: they are being silently yet inexorably killed off. Journalist Maria Ressa and news website Rappler's editors are fighting President Rodrigo Duterte, accusing him of allowing a free hand to the death squads that have executed tens of thousands of people in four years, turning the country into a de facto dictatorship. Chosen by Time magazine as person of the year 2018, Ressa is the last survivor of an unjust war: facts, quality journalism and kindness are her defences. But Duterte uses the social media to control the country, unleashing Facebook's trolls who hunt her down both on line and in real life in an effort to silence her. We hold the line tracks the work of Ressa and her staff, accompanying them for over a year amid threats to their profession and their personal safety, using the voices of victims, oppositionists and exponents of pro-government militias to reveal the true face of President Duterte's war on drugs.

Marc Wiese was born in 1966 and studied journalism at Dortmund University. He has been producing documentaries for the cinema and for television for over 20 years, often in areas of conflict and in difficult and dangerous situations. His filmography includes How to Make a Revolution (2018, on the persecution of activist students in Venezuela), Slaves (2017, on the contemporary global slave today), War Diary (2017, on a war photographer in Syria), When Under Fire - Shoot Back (2014, on Pulitzer prize-winning photographer Kevin Carter's suicide) and Kanun - The Law of Honour (2009, on what are labelled "crimes of honour" in Albania).

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