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Vassilis Economou


1698 articles available in total starting from 29/11/2016. Last article published on 12/06/2025.

Kissing Candice: Defeating bleakness with a dream

Kissing Candice: Defeating bleakness with a dream

TORONTO 2017: Debutant Aoife McArdle delivers a convincing coming-of-age romantic drama that blends thriller and crime elements, and is set in the midst of a most violent period  

12/09/2017 | Toronto 2017 | Discovery

Mademoiselle Paradis: Never trust what you see

Mademoiselle Paradis: Never trust what you see

TORONTO 2017: Using a period-drama story set in the 18th century, Austrian filmmaker Barbara Albert explores the role of women in contemporary society and their need for freedom of choice  

11/09/2017 | Toronto 2017 | Platform

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun  • Director

Interview: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun • Director

“I wanted to focus on the private life of the refugees”

TORONTO 2017: We caught up with Chad’s Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, whose new film, A Season in France, has just world-premiered in the Special Presentations section  

11/09/2017

A Season in France: An asylum seeker's romance

A Season in France: An asylum seeker's romance

TORONTO 2017: In his first film shot in France, celebrated Chadian filmmaker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun delivers an intimate romantic drama that tackles the problems of today’s refugees  

11/09/2017 | Toronto 2017 | Special Presentations

Miracle: The invisible hand raises the Iron Curtain

Miracle: The invisible hand raises the Iron Curtain

TORONTO 2017: Debutant Eglė Vertelytė offers a deadpan, tragicomic satire on the downfall of the Soviet system and the “miraculous” invasion of rampant capitalism  

11/09/2017 | Toronto 2017 | Discovery

Eglė Vertelytė  • Director

Interview: Eglė Vertelytė • Director

"The birth of a new, democratic society was painful; we can’t sugar-coat the process"

TORONTO 2017: Cineuropa sat down with Eglė Vertelytė, whose feature debut, Miracle, has screened in the Discovery section of Toronto after nine years in development  

11/09/2017 | Bergamo 2018

Euthanizer: A punisher with a soft heart

Euthanizer: A punisher with a soft heart

TORONTO 2017: Following in the footsteps of the old-school revenge/exploitation genre, Teemu Nikki delivers an emotional film that still has a B-movie vibe but that everyone can enjoy  

11/09/2017 | Toronto 2017 | Contemporary World Cinema

Teemu Nikki  • Director

Interview: Teemu Nikki • Director

“There will probably always be a B-movie vibe in my films”

TORONTO 2017: Cineuropa chatted to Finnish filmmaker Teemu Nikki, who is presenting his third feature, Euthanizer, in the Contemporary World Cinema section  

08/09/2017

The Testament: In search of the absolute truth

The Testament: In search of the absolute truth

VENICE 2017: Israeli director Amichai Greenberg delivers a Holocaust-related, close-knit thriller that becomes more universal, as everyone needs to find out where the truth lies  

07/09/2017 | Venice 2017 | Orizzonti

Amichai Greenberg • Director

Interview: Amichai Greenberg • Director

“Life is complex, and the journey of creating this film has helped to heal me”

VENICE 2017: We chatted to Israeli first-time director Amichai Greenberg, whose The Testament is taking part in Orizzonti at the 74th Venice International Film Festival  

07/09/2017

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