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310 articles available in total starting from 29/02/2020. Last article published on 22/01/2026.

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi • Actress in Duse

Interview: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi • Actress in Duse

"Empathy is not a religious or sentimental word; it is the only way we can survive"

The European Actress nominee reflected on the relevance of art as a vital force, linking Eleonora Duse’s era to our own moment  

22/01 | European Film Awards 2026

Kamal Aljafari • Director of With Hasan in Gaza

Interview: Kamal Aljafari • Director of With Hasan in Gaza

"The film leaves the viewer a lot of space to connect with the reality of today"

The Palestinian filmmaker spoke about transforming found footage into a film that invites viewers to engage with the present  

22/01 | European Film Awards 2026

Andres Veiel • Director of Riefenstahl

Interview: Andres Veiel • Director of Riefenstahl

"Riefenstahl was very contemporary on many levels, not only in relation to the production of fake news"

The German director speaks about why a figure like Leni Riefenstahl still hits a nerve today, and why her story refuses to stay in the past  

22/01 | European Film Awards 2026

Irene Iborra Rizo • Director of Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake

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  

22/01 | European Film Awards 2026

Sergi López • Actor in Sirāt

Interview: Sergi López • Actor in Sirāt

"It’s a privilege to read a script that can’t be compared to anything else"

The European Actor nominee described the rare pull of a script that stands on its own, and the total physical and emotional immersion it called for  

21/01 | European Film Awards 2026

Igor Bezinović • Director of Fiume o morte!

Interview: Igor Bezinović • Director of Fiume o morte!

"History is not just assembly of different facts, history is storytelling"

We caught up with the Croatian filmmaker, who used his local community network to question how history is constructed and remembered  

21/01 | European Film Awards 2026

Laura Carreira • Director of On Falling

Interview: Laura Carreira • Director of On Falling

"There is immense power in being able to look at the world in a fresh way, and cinema does that"

Winner of the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI, the Portuguese director speaks about cinema as a social force  

21/01 | European Film Awards 2026

Ada Solomon • Producer and Chair of European Film Academy board

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  

21/01 | European Film Awards 2026

George Ovashvili • Director of The Moon Is a Father of Mine

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  

02/12/2025 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

Nikolaj Nikitin • Curator, Critics' Picks, Tallinn Black Nights

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"  

26/11/2025 | Black Nights 2025 | Critics' Picks

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