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Vassilis Economou


1725 articles available in total starting from 29/11/2016. Last article published on 07/07/2025.

Markus Schleinzer  • Director

Interview: Markus Schleinzer • Director

“We’ve always needed the ‘others’ to reflect who we are”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Seven years after Markus Schleinzer debuted at Cannes with Michael, he is back with the period drama Angelo, screening in competition at San Sebastián  

14/09/2018 | Toronto 2018 | Platform

Review: Core of the World

Review: Core of the World

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Bordering on magical realism, Natalia Meshchaninova’s new film is a naturally engaging portrait of an unconventional hero, played masterfully by Stepan Devonin  

13/09/2018 | Toronto 2018 | Contemporary World Cinema

Review: Light as Feathers

Review: Light as Feathers

TORONTO 2018: Dutch filmmaker Rosanne Pel has made an impressive debut feature examining manipulative sexual abuse among teenagers from the perpetrator’s point of view  

12/09/2018 | Toronto 2018 | Discovery

Review: Stupid Young Heart

Review: Stupid Young Heart

TORONTO 2018: Finnish filmmaker Selma Vilhunen delivers a well-crafted teenage drama that aims to address both the social aspect of teenage pregnancy and the rise of the far right in Europe  

12/09/2018 | Toronto 2018 | Contemporary World Cinema

Greek period drama Polyxeni eyes an Oscar nomination

Greek period drama Polyxeni eyes an Oscar nomination

Dora Masklavanou’s third feature will be the Greek submission for the 91st Academy Awards  

12/09/2018 | Oscars 2019 | Greece

Review: Retrospekt

Review: Retrospekt

TORONTO 2018: Dutch director Esther Rots delivers a fragmented, elliptical fairy tale set in the present day, about a hurting heroine who must survive looking back on a traumatic event  

11/09/2018 | Toronto 2018 | Contemporary World Cinema

Nikos Labôt • Director of Her Job

Interview: Nikos Labôt • Director of Her Job

“I wanted to focus on people who try hard to fulfil their dreams”

TORONTO 2018: Greece’s Nikos Labôt talked to us about his debut feature, Her Job, which brings the aftermath of the Greek financial crisis to Toronto’s Discovery section  

10/09/2018 | Toronto 2018 | Discovery

Review: Her Job

Review: Her Job

TORONTO 2018: Greece’s Nikos Labôt delivers a strong drama on the aftermath of the Greek financial crisis and the need for female empowerment in a dislocated and wounded society  

10/09/2018 | Toronto 2018 | Discovery

Review: Mothers’ Instinct

Review: Mothers’ Instinct

TORONTO 2018: Calling on the services of Veerle Baetens and Anne Coesens, Belgium’s Olivier Masset-Depasse delivers an atmospheric, female-driven, nostalgic psychological thriller set in the 1960s  

10/09/2018 | Toronto 2018 | Special Presentations

Review: Angel

Review: Angel

TORONTO 2018: Koen Mortier returns with a visually stunning romantic tale of two broken souls whose feelings struggle to overcome their fears  

10/09/2018 | Toronto 2018 | Contemporary World Cinema

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