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​​Savina Petkova


172 articles available in total starting from 24/02/2023. Last article published on 27/05/2025.

Enrico Maria Artale • Director of El Paraíso

Interview: Enrico Maria Artale • Director of El Paraíso

“One of the reasons why I wanted to make this film was to portray a strong bond that can easily turn into something oppressive”

VENICE 2023: The Italian director gives us more details on his late-bloomer coming-of-age story about a complicated mother-son relationship  

06/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Orizzonti

Review: El Paraíso

Review: El Paraíso

VENICE 2023: Enrico Maria Artale’s new film is a personal look at a seriously flawed mother-son relationship  

05/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Orizzonti

Yorgos Lanthimos  • Director of Poor Things

Q&A: Yorgos Lanthimos • Director of Poor Things

“I want to push things further with each film”

VENICE 2023: Even if his feature is being praised for the uniqueness of its style and his filmmaking approach, the Greek director is wary of saying there’s nothing quite like it  

04/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Competition

Review: Poor Things

Review: Poor Things

VENICE 2023: Greek-turned-international director Yorgos Lanthimos packs a real punch with a period film like no other  

02/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Competition

Review: Silence of Reason

Review: Silence of Reason

Following Disturbed Earth, Kumjana Novakova presents a profound, fluid and uncompromising work that aims to serve as a call for remembrance  

21/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Documentary Competition

Review: Europa

Review: Europa

Sudabeh Mortezai’s follow-up to the award-winning Joy is a blistering political drama set in Albania  

21/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry wins the Heart of Sarajevo

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry wins the Heart of Sarajevo

The Georgian-Swiss co-production helmed by Elene Naveriani has won Sarajevo’s top prize for a fiction feature as well as the Best Actress Award; Medium wins the Cineuropa Award  

21/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Awards

Review: Requiem to the Hot Days of Summer

Review: Requiem to the Hot Days of Summer

Giorgi Parkosadze’s debut feature is a slice-of-life documentary set in the Georgian mountains, but there’s plenty of room for more audacity  

18/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Documentary Competition

Olivér Rudolf’s My Mother, the Monster wins the Eurimages Award at CineLink Industry Days

Olivér Rudolf’s My Mother, the Monster wins the Eurimages Award at CineLink Industry Days

The line-up included both up-and-coming filmmakers from Southeast Europe, and established auteurs from local and guest regions  

18/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | CineLink Industry Days/Awards

Review: Medium

Review: Medium

Christina Ioakeimidi crafts a competent, emotional study of young love for her sophomore feature  

18/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

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