Ana Stanic
310 articles available in total starting from 29/02/2020. Last article published on 22/01/2026.
Interview: Irene Iborra Rizo • Director of Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake
"It’s better to talk about problems rather than hide them — even when the audience is children"
The Spanish director speaks about using animation to openly address social issues, even for young audiences, and about stop motion as a personal way of making cinema
Interview: Ada Solomon • Producer and Chair of European Film Academy board
"Arthouse cinema will be less affected by upcoming crisis than large-scale commercial productions"
We sat down with the newly elected Chair of the European Film Academy board to discuss her priorities and future plans for the institution
Interview: George Ovashvili • Director of The Moon Is a Father of Mine
"The fight is to do your work and do it well — to make strong films"
The Georgian filmmaker opened up about his film’s autobiographical echoes and the collaborative weight of an intricate European co-production spanning six countries
Interview: Nikolaj Nikitin • Curator, Critics' Picks, Tallinn Black Nights
"To curate is to care — about stories, about voices, about the emotions we dare to show"
We met up with the curator of the festival section, for whom cinema is not just entertainment, "it is urgency, emotion, and the bold insistence that our inner lives matter"

























