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278 articles available in total starting from 10/09/2009. Last article published on 30/10/2025.

The fifth edition of Series Rough Pitch – The Balkan Way breaks a new record

The fifth edition of Series Rough Pitch – The Balkan Way breaks a new record

The pitching platform received an unprecedented number of submissions, further extending its reach across the Western Balkans  

30/10 | Industry | Market | Europe

Maria Popistașu, Alexandru Baciu • Directors of Y

Interview: Maria Popistașu, Alexandru Baciu • Directors of Y

“We all see ourselves as beautiful people, but maybe we are not in reality”

The Romanian filmmakers elaborate on inherited guilt, denial and shared responsibility, as addressed in their first jointly directed feature  

16/10 | Warsaw 2025

Review: Y

Review: Y

Maria Popistașu and Alexandru Baciu claw at a guilty chapter in recent Romanian history, one to which the collective consciousness prefers to turn a blind eye  

16/10 | Warsaw 2025

Review: Hunger Strike Breakfast

Review: Hunger Strike Breakfast

Lithuanian filmmaker Karolis Kaupinis’s second feature recreates a crucial political episode through an intimately human lens  

15/10 | Warsaw 2025

Review: Anorgasmia

Review: Anorgasmia

Icelandic filmmaker Jon Einarsson Gustafsson’s sophomore feature hurls two lost souls into the vast expanse of Iceland’s volcanic landscape, hoping to draw them closer  

14/10 | Warsaw 2025

Review: A Scary Movie

Review: A Scary Movie

Sergio Oksman continues exploring existential topics from the baseline of his own experience, without narcissistically forcing his personality on us  

22/09 | San Sebastián 2025 | Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

Şeyhmus Altun • Director of As We Breathe

Interview: Şeyhmus Altun • Director of As We Breathe

“I believe that what remains unsaid can be more powerful than what is spoken”

The Turkish filmmaker reveals the personal memories that inspired his hypnotic debut feature, and tells us more about its mysticism and subtlety  

22/09 | San Sebastián 2025 | New Directors

Review: As We Breathe

Review: As We Breathe

Turkish filmmaker Seyhmus Altun’s debut feature chronicles a smouldering fire within a family, and the subconscious attempts of a father and daughter to prevent it from blazing  

10/09 | Toronto 2025 | Discovery

Stephan Komandarev • Director of Made in EU

Interview: Stephan Komandarev • Director of Made in EU

“We were promised a bright future, but we ended up on the periphery of the periphery”

VENICE 2025: The Bulgarian helmer elaborates on the sociopolitical message behind his latest feature, while also sharing insights into the development of the plot and the casting process  

02/09 | Venice 2025 | Venezia Spotlight

Review: Made in EU

Review: Made in EU

VENICE 2025: Stephan Komandarev delivers another bleak parable set in the Bulgarian provinces, this time rooted in the exploitation of cheap labour on the fringes of the European single market  

02/09 | Venice 2025 | Venezia Spotlight

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