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Marta Balaga


1097 articles available in total starting from 07/04/2017. Last article published on 26/05/2025.

Mika Kaurismäki finishes shooting Master Cheng in Finland

Mika Kaurismäki finishes shooting Master Cheng in Finland

The noted Finnish filmmaker follows up his historical drama The Girl King with a gentle story about a Chinese chef coming to Lapland, which will wrap after an additional shoot in China  

14/09/2018 | Production | Finland/China

Emir Kusturica  • Director

Interview: Emir Kusturica • Director

“Pepe’s life is like something from Taxi Driver

VENICE 2018: We talked to Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica about his warm new documentary El Pepe, a Supreme Life, dedicated to Uruguay’s former president José Mujica  

12/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Out of Competition

Nick Hamm  • Director

Interview: Nick Hamm • Director

“DeLorean was a part of the culture”

VENICE 2018: We chatted to Northern Irish director Nick Hamm about Driven, his biopic about John DeLorean, chosen as the closing film of this year’s Venice Film Festival  

12/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Out of Competition

Petra Szőcs  • Director of Deva

Interview: Petra Szőcs • Director of Deva

“People are too complicated for simple statements”

VENICE 2018: We met up with filmmaker and poet Petra Szőcs to talk about her debut feature, Deva, shown at Venice as part of Biennale College Cinema  

11/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Biennale College Cinema

Pierre Schoeller  • Director

Interview: Pierre Schoeller • Director

“The world wasn’t the same after the guillotine”

VENICE 2018: French director Pierre Schoeller talked to Cineuropa about showing the French Revolution from the people’s perspective in One Nation, One King  

11/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Out of Competition

Anna Eriksson • Director

Interview: Anna Eriksson • Director

“I dreamt about Marilyn Monroe”

VENICE 2018: We met up with successful Finnish musician Anna Eriksson to discuss her directorial feature debut, M, which premiered in Venice’s International Film Critics’ Week  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | International Film Critics’ Week

Amos Gitai • Director

Interview: Amos Gitai • Director

“The only measure of peace is everyday life”

VENICE 2018: Cineuropa talked to Haifa-born Amos Gitai about his comedy A Tramway in Jerusalem, in which he warmly embraces the city’s diversity  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Out of Competition

Review: Deva

Review: Deva

VENICE 2018: Presented as part of Venice's Biennale College Cinema alongside two other projects, Petra Szőcs’ debut feature feels more like a sketch but shows serious promise  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Biennale College Cinema

Review: Driven

Review: Driven

VENICE 2018: In the closing film of the Venice Film Festival, Nick Hamm keeps things light, ultimately leaving you hungry for something more substantial  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Out of Competition

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck  • Director of Never Look Away

Interview: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck • Director of Never Look Away

“I tried to find the politics from within the characters”

VENICE 2018: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck follows up his 2010 adventure into American filmmaking with Never Look Away, a historical drama inspired by the life of Gerhard Richter  

10/09/2018 | Venice 2018 | Competition

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