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Marta Bałaga


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

Review: The Human Part

Review: The Human Part

One of the lightest films in Tallinn’s Official Selection embraces its darker side, but with decidedly mixed results  

28/11/2018 | Black Nights 2018 | Competition

14 projects to receive production funding from the Finnish Film Foundation

14 projects to receive production funding from the Finnish Film Foundation

€1.3 million in production funding has been allocated to three feature films, seven documentary films, three TV series and one short documentary film  

27/11/2018 | Funding | Finland

Review: Wandering Girl

Review: Wandering Girl

Shown in the Official Selection at Tallinn, Rubén Mendoza’s road movie genuinely feels like a long drive in a sweltering car, which somehow proves to be a rather welcome sensation  

27/11/2018 | Black Nights 2018 | Competition

Łódź’s Cinergia European Cinema Forum calls for courage

Łódź’s Cinergia European Cinema Forum calls for courage

The Polish gathering will focus on courage and its manifestations in life and culture in reference to Krzysztof Kieślowski’s 1979 film Camera Buff  

22/11/2018 | Festivals | Poland

Markku Pölönen  • Director of Land of Hope

Interview: Markku Pölönen • Director of Land of Hope

“I walk on the sunny side of the street”

We met up with Finnish helmer Markku Pölönen to discuss his latest period film, Land of Hope, which is out now in Finnish theatres  

20/11/2018

Female directors win big at the Stockholm International Film Festival

Female directors win big at the Stockholm International Film Festival

Jasmin Mozaffari’s feature debut, Firecrackers, has triumphed at the 29th edition of the Swedish festival, while new films by Eva Trobisch, Crystal Moselle and Nadine Labaki turned heads once again  

19/11/2018 | Stockholm 2018 | Awards

Review: Land of Hope

Review: Land of Hope

Finnish director Markku Pölönen turns back the clock once again with a period drama set between 1945 and 1952 that seems to creak with age but is given a beating heart thanks to Oona Airola  

16/11/2018 | Films | Finland

Review: Beyond Dreams

Review: Beyond Dreams

Shown as part of the Special Presentations at Stockholm, Rojda Sekersöz’s debut feature boasts a fantastic lead actress in Evin Ahmad  

07/11/2018 | Stockholm 2018

Zaida Bergroth  • Director of Maria's Paradise

Interview: Zaida Bergroth • Director of Maria's Paradise

“My film talks about the relationship between love and power”

We met up with Finnish director Zaida Bergroth, who is currently editing her new film, the period drama Maria’s Paradise  

31/10/2018

The “Finnish Weird Wave” continues with Taneli Mustonen’s The Twin

The “Finnish Weird Wave” continues with Taneli Mustonen’s The Twin

After a triumphant foray into horror with 2016’s Lake Bodom, Mustonen and producer Aleksi Hyvärinen hope to repeat the success with the 1980s-infused The Twin  

31/10/2018 | Production | Finland

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