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Marta Bałaga


1112 articles available in total starting from 07/04/2017. Last article published on 08/09/2025.

Elena Kairytė • Director of Roberta

Interview: Elena Kairytė • Director of Roberta

“Roberta was looking for herself and it resonated with me. I was also looking for something”

The Lithuanian director focuses on the girl at a crossroads who never lost hope  

28/04/2023 | Hot Docs 2023

Tanel Toom • Director of Last Sentinel

Interview: Tanel Toom • Director of Last Sentinel

“These people can’t save the world, so there is a question about how to move on”

In the Estonian director’s post-apocalyptic new effort, either you don’t have a cup any more or you glue it back together  

27/04/2023 | HOFF 2023

Benedikt Erlingsson  • Director and founder of Icelandic Film Forest

Interview: Benedikt Erlingsson • Director and founder of Icelandic Film Forest

“I’ve always had this ‘weakness’ for activism”

The acclaimed Icelandic director unpacks his new initiative that aims to help lessen the environmental impact of the film industry  

04/04/2023 | Stockfish 2023

REPORT: Work in Progress @ Stockfish 2023

REPORT: Work in Progress @ Stockfish 2023

Camp Tripoli – Not a Love Story, Solitude and the TV show Descendants were among the works in progress presented in Reykjavík  

03/04/2023 | Stockfish 2023

Mike Downey  • Producer and chairman of the European Film Academy

Interview: Mike Downey • Producer and chairman of the European Film Academy

“If cinema is our most powerful art form, feature and documentary films are both its beating heart and its conscience”

After receiving an honorary award at Stockfish, the “old friend of Iceland” broke down his career and the role of the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk  

31/03/2023 | Stockfish 2023

Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Carolina Salas  • Artistic director and managing director, Stockfish Film Festival

Interview: Hrönn Kristinsdóttir, Carolina Salas • Artistic director and managing director, Stockfish Film Festival

“There is something new happening, so come and take part in it”

The Icelandic festival’s new duo of directors want to attract both audiences and industry professionals to the Reykjavík-based gathering  

29/03/2023 | Stockfish 2023

Petri Luukkainen, Jesse Jokinen  • Directors of The Gamer

Interview: Petri Luukkainen, Jesse Jokinen • Directors of The Gamer

“Gamers have to struggle with stress even more than football players”

The directorial duo break down their documentary on a Finnish gamer working his way to the top, who gets help from a top e-sports psychologist  

28/03/2023 | CPH:DOX 2023

The Finnish Film Foundation grants production support to a variety of new projects

The Finnish Film Foundation grants production support to a variety of new projects

War, a tango festival and love for the forest are among the topics tackled by the films that have been granted a total of €6.3 million in production aid  

27/03/2023 | Production | Funding | Finland

Girl Picture and Hatching scoop Jussis as Finland celebrates local films

Girl Picture and Hatching scoop Jussis as Finland celebrates local films

Female filmmakers – and karaoke – clearly triumphed at the ceremony held to dish out the “Finnish Oscars”  

27/03/2023 | Festivals | Awards | Finland

Sami van Ingen, Mika Taanila  • Directors of Monica in the South Seas

Interview: Sami van Ingen, Mika Taanila • Directors of Monica in the South Seas

“We took this big pile of material and ‘massaged’ a film out of it”

The directorial duo combine two films and two stories, following a woman attempting to return to a past that never was  

22/03/2023 | /Finland

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