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Marta Balaga


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

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

Sara Nassim • Producer, S101 Films

Interview: Sara Nassim • Producer, S101 Films

“I love it when it’s challenging”

The Icelandic producer is heading to the suburbs for her next project, but it’s no Wisteria Lane  

14/05/2024 | Producers on the Move 2024

Elisa Heene • Producer, Mirage

Interview: Elisa Heene • Producer, Mirage

“When there is a personal aspect to the story, it has the capacity to become universal”

The Belgian producer explains how she likes to bet on passion projects  

14/05/2024 | Producers on the Move 2024

Sander Maran • Director of Chainsaws Were Singing

Interview: Sander Maran • Director of Chainsaws Were Singing

"I wanted this balance between naughty and nice"

The Estonian director talks about his feature debut, awarded at the recent Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival  

08/05/2024 | HOFF 2024

Midnight Sun Film Festival set to celebrate Georgia’s Lana Gogoberidze

Midnight Sun Film Festival set to celebrate Georgia’s Lana Gogoberidze

The Finnish festival co-founded by Aki Kaurismäki will unspool in June, encouraging audiences to watch movies and sing – often at the same time  

03/05/2024 | Festivals | Awards | Finland

Chainsaws Were Singing – and scooping awards at Estonia's Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

Chainsaws Were Singing – and scooping awards at Estonia's Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

Sander Maran’s feature debut has been named Best Estonian Genre Film, while the short Wander to Wonder was also rewarded at the Estonian genre festival  

29/04/2024 | HOFF 2024

Review: In Limbo

Review: In Limbo

Surrounded by the hell of war, Alina Maksimenko focuses on purgatory in a documentary that’s not about fighting, but about waiting  

26/04/2024 | Visions du Réel 2024

Helmut Jänes • Festival and programme director, Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

Interview: Helmut Jänes • Festival and programme director, Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

“All of our films show the colourful world of genre”

HÕFF’s festival and programme director, also known as Doctor Frankenstein, hopes his audience will get to dress up and discover some good genre flicks  

26/04/2024 | HOFF 2024

Review: Fragments of Ice

Review: Fragments of Ice

One father’s journey morphs into a trip down memory lane for his daughter, director Maria Stoianova  

22/04/2024 | Visions du Réel 2024

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