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Marta Balaga


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

Antonin Peretjatko • Director of Voyage Along the War

Interview: Antonin Peretjatko • Director of Voyage Along the War

“When I was in Ukraine before, I wasn’t that concerned with my roots, but it has changed since the war started”

The French director discusses how he went about searching for his identity in the place where his grandfather was born  

10/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Klára Tasovská  • Director of I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

Interview: Klára Tasovská • Director of I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

“This film is Libuše Jarcovjáková’s biggest exhibition”

The forgotten Czech photographer finally gets her due – and tells her own story – in this intriguing documentary  

09/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Review: Gina

Review: Gina

A little girl outgrows her dysfunctional mother in this familiar yet serviceable drama by Ulrike Kofler  

08/07/2024 | Filmfest München 2024

Review: Poison

Review: Poison

Tim Roth and Trine Dyrholm try to out-grieve each other in Désirée Nosbusch’s earnest drama that’s better suited for the stage  

08/07/2024 | Filmfest München 2024

Beata Parkanová • Director of Tiny Lights

Interview: Beata Parkanová • Director of Tiny Lights

“Adults tend to look down on children; in this film, they are all equal”

The Czech filmmaker discusses her tiny protagonist, whose family are convinced she is completely oblivious to the turmoil that’s ripping them apart – but they’re wrong  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Ivana Gloria  • Director of Chlorophyll

Interview: Ivana Gloria • Director of Chlorophyll

“I had to learn to let go of the fear”

The director takes a deep dive into her “modern queer fairy tale”, a film about transformation and the fear of change  

03/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel • Director of Armand

Interview: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel • Director of Armand

“Making people uncomfortable might be something I just know how to do”

CANNES 2024: We caught up with the first Norwegian winner of the Caméra d’Or to discuss body language, discomfort and other aspects of his new film  

27/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Review: My Sunshine

Review: My Sunshine

CANNES 2024: This likeable film by Hiroshi Okuyama lacks bite, but it will make you want to put on your old skates again – if you manage to find them, that is  

27/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Jean-Christophe Meurisse • Director of Plastic Guns

Interview: Jean-Christophe Meurisse • Director of Plastic Guns

“My characters are disguising their actual lives and trying to step into different ones, even if it will eventually destroy them”

CANNES 2024: Wannabe detectives and murderers without a conscience seek each other out in the French director’s film – and predictably, mayhem ensues  

25/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Mahdi Fleifel • Director of To a Land Unknown

Interview: Mahdi Fleifel • Director of To a Land Unknown

“I’m always intrigued by what it means to have no place where you belong”

CANNES 2024: The Palestinian-Danish director takes on the melancholy of exile as two Palestinian cousins get stranded in Greece  

24/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

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