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Marta Bałaga


1100 articles available in total starting from 07/04/2017. Last article published on 19/06/2025.

Reinis Kalnaellis • Director of Thelma’s Perfect Birthday

Interview: Reinis Kalnaellis • Director of Thelma’s Perfect Birthday

“Animation has always felt like home”

In the Latvian director’s latest film, a young penguin’s birthday is far from perfect, but it still turns out to be a wonderful adventure all the same  

19/06 | Annecy 2025

Momoko Seto • Director of Dandelion’s Odyssey

Interview: Momoko Seto • Director of Dandelion’s Odyssey

“When you are watching this film, you are no longer human”

Four surprising characters go on a real odyssey in this ambitious, dialogue-free movie that asks the audience to change their perspective  

19/06 | Annecy 2025

Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han • Directors of Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Interview: Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han • Directors of Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

“Things can be hard, but we find a way forward – we say it to children and to adults”

The directorial duo discuss their adaptation of Amélie Nothomb’s novel recounting her childhood in Japan and describe their approach to dark topics that children can actually handle  

16/06 | Annecy 2025

Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret • Directors of Summer Beats

Interview: Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret • Directors of Summer Beats

“We wanted to make a film about childhood”

CANNES 2025: Get ready for summer camp – and a bit of soul-searching – in the directors’ light summer film that’s not entirely without darkness  

26/05 | Cannes 2025 | Cannes Première

Sylvain Chomet • Director of A Magnificent Life

Interview: Sylvain Chomet • Director of A Magnificent Life

“I love films about how people become who they are, about the mistakes they make and the doubts they have”

CANNES 2025: The Belleville Rendez-vous creator discusses his animated biopic following Marcel Pagnol – also before he became Marcel Pagnol  

26/05 | Cannes 2025 | Special Screenings

Francesco Sossai • Director of The Last One for the Road

Interview: Francesco Sossai • Director of The Last One for the Road

“I wanted to experience another adventurous night by making this film”

CANNES 2025: The Italian director discusses his new movie, through which he raises a glass to the men who drink  

24/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Review: The Last One for the Road

Review: The Last One for the Road

CANNES 2025: Italian director Francesco Sossai morphs into Aki Kaurismäki, and delivers a loveable ode to drunken encounters and that first hungover cigarette  

22/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Sentimental Value

Review: Sentimental Value

CANNES 2025: Joachim Trier comes close to going full Bergman in this touching family psychodrama but amps up the gentle humour  

22/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Guillermo Galoe • Director of Sleepless City

Interview: Guillermo Galoe • Director of Sleepless City

“In La Cañada, I felt a profound wound in people”

CANNES 2025: The Spanish director gives us the low-down on his film, shot in a slum on the outskirts of Madrid, in which a teenager stares out at a broken world  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Critics’ Week

Dominik Moll • Director of Case 137

Interview: Dominik Moll • Director of Case 137

“Can films change something, or do they only appeal to those who agree with what’s being shown?”

CANNES 2025: The French director takes on the Yellow Vest movement and the police brutality that ensued, and asks some uncomfortable questions  

20/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

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