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Mariana Hristova


264 articles available in total starting from 10/09/2009. Last article published on 28/07/2025.

Stephan Komandarev’s Made in EU to premiere in Venice

Stephan Komandarev’s Made in EU to premiere in Venice

The Bulgarian helmer’s seventh feature once again delivers a social drama that portrays the exploited while reflecting on aggressive capitalism  

28/07 | Production | Funding | Bulgaria/Germany/Czech Republic

Zaradasht Ahmed • Director of The Lions by the River Tigris

Interview: Zaradasht Ahmed • Director of The Lions by the River Tigris

“Human rights have lost their meaning – look at Gaza and Mosul. Who are we talking to any more?”

The Kurdish-Iraqi-Norwegian filmmaker shares behind-the-scenes details about his documentary, featuring citizens who act as guardians of cultural heritage in Mosul  

18/07 | Golden Apricot 2025

Review: After Dreaming

Review: After Dreaming

Christine Haroutounian’s debut feature attempts to expose on screen personal inner worlds, troubled by the uncertainty and anxiety that life in wartime causes  

16/07 | Golden Apricot 2025

Gözde Kural • Director of Cinema Jazireh

Interview: Gözde Kural • Director of Cinema Jazireh

“I didn’t want one story, but rather a small world of memory and resilience”

The Turkish director unveils the challenges of filming her second feature in Afghanistan and speaks out about the oppression faced by both genders under the Taliban  

14/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Twenty features locking horns at the 22nd Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Twenty features locking horns at the 22nd Golden Apricot International Film Festival

All ten contenders in the International Competition and another seven from the Regional Competition are European productions or co-productions  

14/07 | Golden Apricot 2025

Review: Мerman

Review: Мerman

Ana Lungu’s found-footage documentary is a melancholic, intimate and unexpectedly erotic essay that reframes an otherwise politically charged era through images that stray off the beaten track  

23/06 | Transilvania 2025

Mahdi Fleifel’s To a Land Unknown snags the Transilvania Trophy

Mahdi Fleifel’s To a Land Unknown snags the Transilvania Trophy

The New Year That Never Came and Bright Future have shone bright in the Romanian Days strand, while Saturn won the What’s Up, Doc? Competition  

23/06 | Transilvania 2025 | Awards

Teodora Ana Mihai • Director of Traffic

Interview: Teodora Ana Mihai • Director of Traffic

“If people are offended instead of reflecting, then maybe they are missing the point”

The Romanian-Belgian filmmaker discusses the still-unbridgeable gap between Eastern and Western Europe, and shares details of her collaboration with Cristian Mungiu on the script  

20/06 | Transilvania 2025

Orkhan Aghazadeh • Director of The Return of the Projectionist

Interview: Orkhan Aghazadeh • Director of The Return of the Projectionist

“This is a story about persistence despite the obstacles”

The Paris-based Azerbaijani filmmaker reveals behind-the-scenes details about his full-length documentary debut, featuring two cinephile dreamers in the remote countryside  

19/06 | Transilvania 2025

Review: Rains over Babel

Review: Rains over Babel

Colombian-Spanish director Gala del Sol’s debut feature is a queer drama bathed in colour, neon, sweat and lust, blurring the boundary between dream and reality  

18/06 | Transilvania 2025

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