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Marta Bałaga


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

Rungano Nyoni, Susan Chardy • Director of and actress in On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Interview: Rungano Nyoni, Susan Chardy • Director of and actress in On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

“It’s about how difficult it is to speak up”

CANNES 2024: The helmer and the star of this film, about a late uncle’s dark secrets coming to light, talk about being complicit in silence  

21/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Saïd Hamich Benlarbi • Director of Across the Sea

Interview: Saïd Hamich Benlarbi • Director of Across the Sea

“I have lived through the experience of exile”

CANNES 2024: In his new film, the French-Moroccan director salutes the dreamers and those who never truly feel at home  

18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Critics’ Week

Emmanuel Courcol • Director of The Marching Band

Interview: Emmanuel Courcol • Director of The Marching Band

“My main concern was making sure the audience doesn’t leave the cinema feeling desperate”

CANNES 2024: The French director behind The Big Hit proves that music really brings people together – even long-lost siblings  

18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Cannes Première

Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir • Directors of The Brink of Dreams

Interview: Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir • Directors of The Brink of Dreams

“These girls challenge traditions”

CANNES 2024: The Egyptian filmmakers follow an all-female street-theatre troupe that is, and always was, uncompromising  

18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Critics’ Week

Hala Elkoussy • Director of East of Noon

Interview: Hala Elkoussy • Director of East of Noon

“Art has to be pertinent”

CANNES 2024: The visual artist-turned-director brings a satirical bite to the festival, as she shows generations that clash, hoping for a better life  

17/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Review: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

CANNES 2024: Rungano Nyoni isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty – especially when digging up the past  

17/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Konstantin Bojanov • Director of The Shameless

Interview: Konstantin Bojanov • Director of The Shameless

“I am not interested in myself; I am interested in other people’s stories”

CANNES 2024: The Bulgarian director takes on real-life traditions and ends up with a fable  

16/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Review: The Girl with the Needle

Review: The Girl with the Needle

CANNES 2024: Magnus von Horn’s macabre fairy tale for grown-ups is too pretty for its own good  

16/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Review: Kyuka – Before Summer’s End

Review: Kyuka – Before Summer’s End

CANNES 2024: For such a sun-soaked story, Kostis Charamountanis’s film is surprisingly dark  

15/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | ACID

Tibor Keser • Producer, KOMPOT

Interview: Tibor Keser • Producer, KOMPOT

“Being a producer is not a job; it’s a calling”

According to the Croatian producer, the boundaries between documentary and fiction are finally starting to blur  

14/05/2024 | Producers on the Move 2024

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