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278 articles available in total starting from 10/09/2009. Last article published on 30/10/2025.

15 feature films to compete for the Golden Rose Trophy

15 feature films to compete for the Golden Rose Trophy

The special 40th-anniversary edition of the Bulgarian gathering is presenting three additional full-length titles in competition in comparison to last year  

20/09/2022 | Golden Rose 2022

Milko Lazarov currently shooting The Herd in north-western Bulgaria

Milko Lazarov currently shooting The Herd in north-western Bulgaria

Discovered by the film team, young non-professional newcomer Vesela Vulcheva is taking on a lead role  

19/09/2022 | Production | Funding | Bulgarian/Germany/Luxembourg

Series review: Prisma

Series review: Prisma

The first two episodes of the series directed by Ludovico Bessegato promise a contemporary saga on the complexity of sexual identity in the adolescent age and the role of the omnipresent media  

22/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Out of Competition

Review: Angry Annie

Review: Angry Annie

French filmmaker Blandine Lenoir’s intimate take on the private struggle for the approval of abortion law in France back in the 1970s is an ode to female solidarity  

17/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Piazza Grande

Review: Stella in Love

Review: Stella in Love

Sylvie Verheyde’s seventh feature is an atmospheric vintage revisiting of her teenage years, spent on the verge of an adulthood which seems to offer scant prospects  

12/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

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

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