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Vassilis Economou


1721 articles available in total starting from 29/11/2016. Last article published on 04/07/2025.

The Almaty Film Festival is ready to kick off

The Almaty Film Festival is ready to kick off

The second edition of Kazakhstan's biggest film event is due to unspool from 14-20 September  

13/09/2019 | Almaty 2019

Review: Hope

Review: Hope

Norwegian writer-director Maria Sødahl delivers an autobiographical and emotionally fragile love story through the powerful duo of Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård  

12/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

Ina Weisse • Director of The Audition

Interview: Ina Weisse • Director of The Audition

“Anna is concerned about the boy, but ultimately, she is more concerned about herself”

We talked to German actress, screenwriter and director Ina Weisse about her latest film The Audition, which premiered in the Discovery section at the Toronto International Film Festival  

12/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

Review: The Audition

Review: The Audition

Featuring a captivating performance from Nina Hoss, Ina Weisse’s sophomore feature follows a woman trapped in the pursuit of success and abandoning her family  

12/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

Antoneta Kastrati  • Director of ZANA

Interview: Antoneta Kastrati • Director of ZANA

“As a community, we have not processed any of the war traumas in depth. We had to move on; perhaps it was the only way”

We sat down with Kosovar director-scriptwriter Antoneta Kastrati to discuss the background to her Toronto-screened debut feature, ZANA  

11/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

Review: ZANA

Review: ZANA

Antoneta Kastrati’s feature debut is an homage to the unseen victims of a war that started 20 years ago but which continues to torment an entire silent generation  

09/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

Review: Simple Women

Review: Simple Women

Fascinated by underground idol Elina Löwensohn, Italian first-time director Chiara Malta decides to play with reality and fiction while questioning the objectivity of the truth in cinema  

06/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

Akan Satayev  • President, Almaty Film Festival

Interview: Akan Satayev • President, Almaty Film Festival

“The Almaty Film Festival provides a chance to indulge fully in the atmosphere of world cinema and to be inspired”

We talked to president of the Almaty Film Festival Akan Satayev to find out more about the Kazakh gathering’s impending second edition  

29/08/2019 | Almaty 2019

The Open Reel boards Francesco Dongiovanni’s documentary Days and Works

The Open Reel boards Francesco Dongiovanni’s documentary Days and Works

The Italian sales agent will also be handling Mauro Colombo’s award-winning documentary Inland, which will be featured in IFFR’s Bright Future  

27/08/2019 | Industry | Market | Italy

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for ZANA

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for ZANA

Kosovar director Antoneta Kastrati’s debut feature is set to world-premiere in the Discovery section of the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival  

27/08/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

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