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Mariana Hristova

253 articles available in total starting from 10/09/2009. Last article published on 23/05/2025.

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Sylvie Verheyde • Director of Stella in Love

Interview: Sylvie Verheyde • Director of Stella in Love

"I believe that nowadays, many adolescents find themselves very much alone and have a hard time finding their own voices"

The French helmer goes back in time by reflecting on her youth, more than a decade after her first autobiographical film Stella  

11/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Helena Wittmann • Director of Human Flowers of Flesh

Interview: Helena Wittmann • Director of Human Flowers of Flesh

"When I am writing a scene, it’s really about the moment"

The German filmmaker and visual artist reflects on her artistic approach and the investigative drive behind her second slow-paced hypnotic feature  

09/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Inna Sahakyan • Director of Aurora’s Sunrise

Interview: Inna Sahakyan • Director of Aurora’s Sunrise

“Aurora just refused to be reduced to a victim or to an object of history”

The Armenian documentary filmmaker reveals key details around the artistic decisions made throughout the working process of her first animated film  

21/07/2022 | Golden Apricot 2022

Karen Avetisyan • Artistic director, Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Interview: Karen Avetisyan • Artistic director, Golden Apricot International Film Festival

“The process of building up new Armenian cinema is long-term and is now still at the fermentation stage”

Returning to its original dates in July, Armenia’s major film event places an emphasis on regional cinema, as confirmed by its artistic director  

08/07/2022 | Golden Apricot 2022

Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov and Zlatina Teneva • Directors of A Provincial Hospital

Interview: Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov and Zlatina Teneva • Directors of A Provincial Hospital

“We hope that our film offers a unique and surprising window into a reality that seemed so close and yet so far away”

The co-directors share their insights into the filming process for their documentary, revealing the atmosphere in a small Bulgarian hospital during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic  

08/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Florin Piersic Jr • Director of Nothing About Love

Interview: Florin Piersic Jr • Director of Nothing About Love

“I feel like the director’s mission is to make emotions arise”

The Romanian filmmaker talks about the lengthy creative process behind his third feature as well as the audience reactions he is hoping for  

28/06/2022 | Transilvania 2022

Octav Chelaru • Director of A Higher Law

Interview: Octav Chelaru • Director of A Higher Law

“I was interested in the struggle between freedom and our own inner voice”

The promising Romanian newcomer shares his views on religion and the law of desire in his first, audience-orientated feature  

24/06/2022 | Transilvania 2022

Ligia Ciornei • Director of Clouds of Chernobyl

Interview: Ligia Ciornei • Director of Clouds of Chernobyl

“I tried to portray the way in which Romanian society was functioning in 1986”

We spoke to the Romanian newcomer about her feature debut, which touches on the situation for pregnant women in Eastern Romania in the aftermath of the Chernobyl explosion  

23/06/2022 | Transilvania 2022

Review: Clouds of Chernobyl

Review: Clouds of Chernobyl

Ligia Ciornei’s first feature, inspired by true events, is a parable of female spiritual strength and resistance in dark times of oppression  

23/06/2022 | Transilvania 2022

Sofia Meetings unspools a hybrid edition

Sofia Meetings unspools a hybrid edition

35 feature-film projects, mostly from Central and Eastern Europe, are being presented at this year’s edition of the Bulgarian-based industry gathering  

08/06/2022 | Sofia 2022 | Sofia Meetings

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