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302 articles available in total starting from 29/02/2020. Last article published on 02/12/2025.

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 | 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 | Black Nights 2025 | Critics' Picks

Ali Vatansever • Director of LifeLike

Interview: Ali Vatansever • Director of LifeLike

"The human condition is much richer than stripped-down concepts of life"

The Turkish director shared with us why he celebrates life more than the concepts of it — and why audiences should experience their own feelings rather than be told what to feel  

25/11 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

Petter Næss • Director of No Comment

Interview: Petter Næss • Director of No Comment

"This is a message to politicians: take yourselves and your job seriously"

We chatted to the Norwegian director to discuss his sharp political satire, which casts politicians as adult children  

25/11 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

Samuel Abrahams • Director of Lady

Interview: Samuel Abrahams • Director of Lady

"My film deals with visibility and the longing to be seen"

We spoke with the British director about the script and the meta structure of his gloriously oddball debut  

25/11 | Black Nights 2025 | First Feature Competition

Hille Norden • Director of Easy Girl

Interview: Hille Norden • Director of Easy Girl

"Talking helps, and listening heals"

We sat down with the emerging German director to talk about her striking debut, a bold mix of sexuality, beauty and pain  

25/11 | Black Nights 2025 | First Feature Competition

Kat Steppe • Director of Sunday Ninth

Interview: Kat Steppe • Director of Sunday Ninth

“I know that when something is real, it has a direct impact”

The Belgian director breaks down how she bridged fiction and reality inside a fully operational care home  

25/11 | Black Nights 2025 | First Feature Competition

Abu Bakr Shawky • Director of The Stories

Interview: Abu Bakr Shawky • Director of The Stories

"Everybody is the hero of their own story"

We spoke to the Egyptian-Austrian filmmaker about portraying small people in big times, and the sacrifices needed to tell such a tale  

24/11 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

Stefanos Tsivopoulos • Director of Elena's Shift

Interview: Stefanos Tsivopoulos • Director of Elena's Shift

"If silence is safety and finding your voice puts you at risk, what will you choose?"

We spoke with the Greek filmmaker about his debut feature, is a story of reclaiming voice, agency and the right to belong  

21/11 | Black Nights 2025 | First Feature Competition

Richard Hawkins • Director of Think of England

Interview: Richard Hawkins • Director of Think of England

"I wanted the audience to have the job of searching and finding the truth"

With his sophomore feature, the British filmmaker Richard Hawkins returns after two decades with a biting, genre-defying satire  

21/11 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

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