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Marta Bałaga


1112 articles available in total starting from 07/04/2017. Last article published on 08/09/2025.

Roderick Warich • Director of Funeral Casino Blues

Interview: Roderick Warich • Director of Funeral Casino Blues

“I’m always in between: I want to make horror films and I want to make Tokyo Story

VENICE 2025: The German director unpicks his Bangkok-set movie, a noir-tinged thriller in which love is stronger than life  

08/09 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Akihiro Hata • Director of Grand Ciel

Interview: Akihiro Hata • Director of Grand Ciel

“My political reflections have always been my primary creative drive”

VENICE 2025: The Paris-based Japanese director discusses his social drama which morphs into a thriller, starring Damien Bonnard in the lead  

08/09 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Review: Funeral Casino Blues

Review: Funeral Casino Blues

VENICE 2025: Roderick Warich’s nocturnal love story travels between genres – and all over Bangkok  

06/09 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Oscar Hudson • Director of Straight Circle

Interview: Oscar Hudson • Director of Straight Circle

“This film is about nowhere and also about everywhere”

VENICE 2025: The British director breaks down his feature and talks about how he is unable to take serious things seriously  

06/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini • Directors of Waking Hours

Interview: Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini • Directors of Waking Hours

“This film reflects our fear”

VENICE 2025: In their creative documentary, the Italian directors head into the heart of the darkness  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

Mete Sasioglu, Deniz Kaya • Co-founders, Karhupuisto Film Festival

Interview: Mete Sasioglu, Deniz Kaya • Co-founders, Karhupuisto Film Festival

“Our event will bring something much needed to Helsinki: joy and a sense of community”

Two of the four co-founders tell us more about the first edition of the Helsinki-based gathering, which prides itself on welcoming everybody  

05/09 | /Finland

Review: Straight Circle

Review: Straight Circle

VENICE 2025: This punkish satire by Oscar Hudson feels so timely it hurts  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

Review: Waking Hours

Review: Waking Hours

VENICE 2025: Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini’s modest documentary stays in the darkness, but it makes its point very clearly  

04/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

Yanis Koussim • Director of Roqia

Interview: Yanis Koussim • Director of Roqia

“I write about my wounds”

VENICE 2025: The Algerian director takes on his country’s trauma and delivers a personal horror story  

02/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

Evi Kalogiropoulou • Director of Gorgonà

Interview: Evi Kalogiropoulou • Director of Gorgonà

“You have to fight for your power”

VENICE 2025: It’s time for revenge, and societal change, in the Greek director’s feature debut  

01/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

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