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Ana _Stanic


273 articles available in total starting from 29/02/2020. Last article published on 27/05/2025.

Alexandru Solomon • Director of Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife

Interview: Alexandru Solomon • Director of Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife

"I hope that instead of seeking salvation in Heaven, we begin to correct issues here on Earth"

The Romanian filmmaker talks about his second documentary, which portrays Romania's obsession with Arsenie Boca, a priest, theologian, and mystic persecuted by the communist regime  

10/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Proxima

Emilie Brisavoine • Director of Keeping Mum

Interview: Emilie Brisavoine • Director of Keeping Mum

"Even if this is an intimate investigation of the relationship with my mother, our sufferings are universal"

The French director unpicks her second documentary, a captivating and poignant portrait of her mother and of the relationship between them  

10/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Proxima

Olga Chajdas, Lena Góra  • Director and actress of Imago

Interview: Olga Chajdas, Lena Góra • Director and actress of Imago

"I wanted the audience to leave the screening with two words resonating: 'freedom' and 'choice'"

The director and the actress discuss their film, a punk odyssey through the communist Poland in the 80s, which they both co-wrote  

10/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Proxima

Tomáš Klein  • Director of A Sensitive Person

Interview: Tomáš Klein • Director of A Sensitive Person

"My film is about finding love and hope in a very absurd and cruel world"

The Czech director discusses his directorial debut by unpicking his visual and narrative approach, his characters' journey and the topics he wanted to talk about  

07/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Cyril Aris  • Director of Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

Interview: Cyril Aris • Director of Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

"I wanted to explore how art can get people back on their feet again"

The Lebanese director gives us the insights on his documentary centred on a film crew in the middle of production paralysed by the catastrophic explosion in the Port of Beirut in 2020  

07/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Ernst De Geer  • Director of The Hypnosis

Interview: Ernst De Geer • Director of The Hypnosis

"We wanted to be personal, but not too personal, and unique, but not too crazy"

The Swedish director talks about what is behind his first feature, a satire on modern society and about the conventions dictating how we behave with each other  

06/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Matěj Chlupáček and Miro Šifra  • Director and screenwriter of We Have Never Been Modern

Interview: Matěj Chlupáček and Miro Šifra • Director and screenwriter of We Have Never Been Modern

"We’ve always wanted We Have Never Been Modern to look modern"

The Czech duo zooms in on the very topical theme of gender, as well as creating links between the past and the present, when discussing their latest film  

05/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Cristiano Bortone and Huangdan Zhao • Managing Director and Project Manager, Bridging The Dragon

Interview: Cristiano Bortone and Huangdan Zhao • Managing Director and Project Manager, Bridging The Dragon

"Communication between the two different markets is very important, both economically and culturally"

CANNES 2023: The experts discuss the initiative bringing together the European and Chinese film professionals, which has once again this year participated in the Marché du Film  

05/06/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Marché du Film

Evelyn Regner • Vice-President, European Parliament

Interview: Evelyn Regner • Vice-President, European Parliament

"We have to see external powers as partners and include them in the legal frameworks in order to avoid dangers for European film"

CANNES 2023: The Vice-President of the European Parliament discusses their current approach to the film industry, as well as this year's LUX Audience Award, set to be unveiled on 27 June in Brussels  

01/06/2023 | Cannes 2023

Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra  • Directors of Légua

Interview: Filipa Reis, João Miller Guerra • Directors of Légua

"We worked on the film through the idea of cycle: the cycle of seasons, the cycle of life, the cycle of nature..."

CANNES 2023: The Portuguese directing duo discuss the concept, the making and the social background of their new film, centred on a woman working in a sumptuous countryside estate  

25/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Directors' Fortnight

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