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Vassilis Economou


1754 articles available in total starting from 29/11/2016. Last article published on 08/08/2025.

The Journey: Exploring the reality behind terrorism

The Journey: Exploring the reality behind terrorism

TORONTO 2017: With his new film, Mohamed Al-Daradji hasn’t aimed to make another movie that rails against terrorism, but rather explores what drives a woman down that path  

13/09/2017 | Toronto 2017 | Contemporary World Cinema

Boudewijn Koole  • Director

Interview: Boudewijn Koole • Director

“The intimacy within family relationships is an endlessly fascinating form of love”

We chatted to Boudewijn Koole, whose third feature, Disappearance, has just had its international premiere in Contemporary World Cinema  

13/09/2017 | Toronto 2017 | Contemporary World Cinema

Disappearance: What’s left behind

Disappearance: What’s left behind

Dutch director Boudewijn Koole delivers a bleak, slow-burning drama on the effects of loss that really stirs the emotions  

13/09/2017 | Toronto 2017 | Contemporary World Cinema

Neïl Beloufa  • Director

Interview: Neïl Beloufa • Director

“Arts have the potential to transform society”

TORONTO 2017: Visual artist Neïl Beloufa picks apart Western prejudice in his second feature, Occidental, which has had its North American premiere in the Wavelengths section  

12/09/2017

Occidental: Dismantling Western prejudices

Occidental: Dismantling Western prejudices

TORONTO 2017: The sophomore fiction feature by French artist Neïl Beloufa is a stylised critique of the fears and prejudices promoted by the so-called progressive “Western world”  

12/09/2017 | Toronto 2017 | Wavelengths

Aoife McArdle  • Director

Interview: Aoife McArdle • Director

“Music can be such a powerful narrative tool”

TORONTO 2017: Northern Irish director-scriptwriter Aoife McArdle chatted to us about her debut feature, Kissing Candice, now playing in Toronto’s Discovery section  

12/09/2017

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

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