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165 articles available in total starting from 29/02/2020. Last article published on 23/08/2023.

Sudabeh Mortezai  • Director of Europa

Interview: Sudabeh Mortezai • Director of Europa

"We don't have a script in real life"

The filmmaker discusses her new film, which follows a businesswoman on her work trip to rural Albania to facilitate a deal between the local landowners and the company she works for  

23/08 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Giorgi Parkosadze  • Director of Requiem to the Hot Days of Summer

Interview: Giorgi Parkosadze • Director of Requiem to the Hot Days of Summer

"My film works on an intuitive level"

The Georgian filmmaker discusses his film, which zooms in the subtle transformations people undergo in remote, rural Georgia  

23/08 | Sarajevo 2023 | Documentary Competition

Olivér Rudolf, Zsigmond Kungl and Genovéva Petrovits  • Director, co-writer and producer of My Mother, The Monster

Interview: Olivér Rudolf, Zsigmond Kungl and Genovéva Petrovits • Director, co-writer and producer of My Mother, The Monster

"This film is an oath to rebellion"

The Hungarian team discusses what's behind their project, winner of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at CineLink Industry Days  

22/08 | Sarajevo 2023 | CineLink Industry Days

Nemanja Vojinović  • Director of Bottlemen

Interview: Nemanja Vojinović • Director of Bottlemen

"I aimed to create an observational documentary, with the narrative driving force of fiction"

The Serbian director discusses his film, a dive into one of Europe's largest unsanitary landfills, set in a suburb of Belgrade, which snagged the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary  

21/08 | Sarajevo 2023 | Documentary Competition

Una Gunjak  • Director of Excursion

Interview: Una Gunjak • Director of Excursion

"A film is a living animal; it never comes out the way you imagine it on paper"

The Bosnian director talks about her first feature Excursion, which depicts the turmoil of adolescence through a young woman who doesn’t intend to play by society’s heteropatriarchal rules  

21/08 | Sarajevo 2023 | Out of Competition

Goran Dević  • Director of What's to Be Done?

Interview: Goran Dević • Director of What's to Be Done?

"In the film, the viewer and society also serve as the main characters"

The Croatian filmmaker discusses his latest work, which approaches workers’ rights, corruption and governments’ disdain for ordinary people through the case of a 120-year-old train factory  

21/08 | Sarajevo 2023 | Documentary Competition

Christina Ioakeimidi • Director of Medium

Interview: Christina Ioakeimidi • Director of Medium

"I wanted this story to transcend time and place"

The Greek director discusses her second film, which follows a young woman in love moving through the world in an insecure but steadfast way  

18/08 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Tudor Giurgiu & Cecilia Stefanescu • Director and writer of Libertate

Interview: Tudor Giurgiu & Cecilia Stefanescu • Director and writer of Libertate

"This particular episode about the chaos of the revolution in the aftermath of Ceaușescu's downfall is not well known in Romania"

The director and the screenwriter discuss their film, in which they explore the civil war-like events that took place in Sibiu during the last days of 1989's Romanian Revolution  

18/08 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Martina Dlabajová • Member of the European Parliament

Interview: Martina Dlabajová • Member of the European Parliament

“It is essential for society as a whole to reject divisive rhetoric, promote human rights and create an inclusive environment”

The Czech MEP delves into her enthusiasm for the LUX Audience Award and her take on the prospects for the European media industry, amongst other topics  

12/07 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

Luka Beradze • Director of Smiling Georgia

Interview: Luka Beradze • Director of Smiling Georgia

"I would like politicians to understand what these false promises do to the common people and change their attitudes"

The Georgian director breaks down his debut feature, which paints a delicate portrait of a part of his home country that is very beautiful but profoundly lonely  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Special Screenings

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