email print share on Facebook share on Twitter share on LinkedIn share on reddit pin on Pinterest

Marta Bałaga


1081 articles available in total starting from 07/04/2017. Last article published on 23/04/2025.

Jaśmina Wójcik • Director of King Matt the First

Interview: Jaśmina Wójcik • Director of King Matt the First

“We need to give children their freedom”

The Polish director discusses her approach to taking on a 1920s children’s literary classic in an unexpected way  

23/04 | Hot Docs 2025

Ester Bíbí Ásgeirsdóttir, Gunnar Tómas Kristófersson • Head of legal deposit and cinematek, and researcher, National Film Archive of Iceland

Interview: Ester Bíbí Ásgeirsdóttir, Gunnar Tómas Kristófersson • Head of legal deposit and cinematek, and researcher, National Film Archive of Iceland

“In Iceland, we are still writing our film history”

The duo tell us more about their work at the National Film Archive of Iceland and about discovering forgotten filmmakers – and their own country  

16/04 | Stockfish 2025

Dögg Mósesdóttir • Managing director, Stockfish Film & Industry Festival

Interview: Dögg Mósesdóttir • Managing director, Stockfish Film & Industry Festival

“Eccentricity is what makes us unique”

The managing director of the Icelandic gathering reflects on ten days of screenings, meetings with honorary guests and industry initiatives  

15/04 | Stockfish 2025

Stockfish celebrates Floria Sigismondi, Dóra Einars and the short film In Rhythm

Stockfish celebrates Floria Sigismondi, Dóra Einars and the short film In Rhythm

The Icelandic festival wrapped in Reykjavík on Sunday, after handing out a flurry of awards  

14/04 | Stockfish 2025 | Awards

Jahfar Muataz • Director of Crossing Lines

Interview: Jahfar Muataz • Director of Crossing Lines

“Behind every cruel action, there’s a person struggling with their demons”

The Iraqi-Danish filmmaker tells us more about his thriller that follows an ex-criminal now paying his dues as a gang exit counsellor, and about his love for Se7en  

09/04 | Night Visions 2025

Moonika Siimets  • Director of The Black Hole

Interview: Moonika Siimets • Director of The Black Hole

“I’m all about mixing genres: one eye should be laughing and the other one crying”

The Estonian director tells three stories in her new film, which follows people and other creatures looking for love and attention  

08/04 | Night Visions 2025

Lamberto Bava • Director

Interview: Lamberto Bava • Director

“I’m a lover of the fantastic”

We chatted to the seasoned Italian director, who is the headline retrospective guest at Finland’s Night Visions International Film Festival  

04/04 | Night Visions 2025

Diego San José • Creator of Celeste

Interview: Diego San José • Creator of Celeste

“Nothing awakens more empathy in me than people who feel they’re not liked”

The Spanish winner of the International Panorama at Series Mania breaks down his show, which proves just how scary taxes can be  

03/04 | Series Mania 2025

Twenty-two projects receive production support from the Finnish Film Foundation

Twenty-two projects receive production support from the Finnish Film Foundation

Eleven fiction features, eight documentary films, two shorts and one VR project have received over €6.4 million in funding  

27/03 | Production | Funding | Finland

Series review: The Danish Woman

Series review: The Danish Woman

The fantastic Trine Dyrholm is a neighbour from hell or an angel of justice, depending on how you feel about cats, in Benedikt Erlingsson’s series  

26/03 | Series Mania 2025

Privacy Policy