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Max Gleschinski • Director of Alaska

Interview: Max Gleschinski • Director of Alaska

"The two female protagonists are not so much saviours to each other but more travelling companions"

The German director told us more about his feature film that tells a story of how to overcome loneliness and grief  

01/02/2023 | Max Ophüls Prize 2023

Giovanni Bucchieri • Director of 100 Seasons

Interview: Giovanni Bucchieri • Director of 100 Seasons

“We all grew to be like a family during the making of the film”

We spoke with the filmmaker, artist and dancer about his very personal film which is a portrait and a love story at the same time  

31/01/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Tiger Competition

Lukas Nathrath • Director of One Last Evening

Interview: Lukas Nathrath • Director of One Last Evening

"We were craving distraction and adventure"

We talked to the German filmmaker about his first feature film shot in a rush during the pandemic and which conveys a feeling of being lost and loneliness  

31/01/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Tiger Competition

Adura Onashile • Director of Girl

Interview: Adura Onashile • Director of Girl

"I didn't want to do any sensationalisation or dramatisation"

We talked to the Glasgow-based filmmaker about her directorial debut, a very intimate portrait of the relationship of a mother to her daughter  

31/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Henrik M Dahlsbakken • Director of Munch

Interview: Henrik M Dahlsbakken • Director of Munch

“We don't know the man behind the art, even though, not only for Norway, he is a big part of our cultural heritage"

We talked to the director about the big gap that exists between our knowledge of the art and of the life of Edvard Munch  

30/01/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Limelight

Alaska and Breaking the Ice win big at the Max Ophüls Prize

Alaska and Breaking the Ice win big at the Max Ophüls Prize

Max Gleschinski’s existential drama and love story has won the Award for Best Feature Film, while Clara Stern’s effort took home several prizes, including Best Screenplay  

30/01/2023 | Max Ophüls Prize 2023 | Awards

Scrapper wins the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance

Scrapper wins the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance

Also among the European prizewinners at this year's US festival are the features Slow by Lithuania’s Marija Kavtaradze and Animalia by French-Moroccan helmer Sofia Alaoui  

30/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | Awards

Historical series Davos being shot in the Swiss Alps

Historical series Davos being shot in the Swiss Alps

The six episodes of the German-Swiss co-production will be directed by an international duo comprising Jean-Eric Mack and Anca Miruna Lăzărescu  

27/01/2023 | Production | Funding | Switzerland/Germany

Sofia Alaoui  • Director of Animalia

Interview: Sofia Alaoui • Director of Animalia

“We have stuck Arab cinema in a pigeon-hole: I want to fight against these stereotypes”

We spoke to the Moroccan-French filmmaker about her fantastical feature debut, set in Morocco and raising important questions about faith  

20/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Norika Sefa • Director of Looking for Venera

Interview: Norika Sefa • Director of Looking for Venera

“I didn’t want the film to exploit the poverty of Balkan countries”

We talked to the Kosovar director, whose feature debut unspooled at International Film Festival Rotterdam and has now been submitted for the Oscars, for which voting is ongoing until 15 December  

12/12/2022 | /Kosovo

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