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Ana Stanic


273 articles available in total starting from 29/02/2020. Last article published on 27/05/2025.

Václav Kadrnka  • Director of Saving One Who Was Dead

Interview: Václav Kadrnka • Director of Saving One Who Was Dead

"To convey the personal experience my film is based on, I developed a very specific cinematic language"

The Czech filmmaker discusses the third instalment in what he describes as his “Absence of a Loved One” trilogy, which has competed for the Crystal Globe  

03/09/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

Ivan Bakrač  • Director of After the Winter

Interview: Ivan Bakrač • Director of After the Winter

"I wanted to make a film about friendship, about people who do not care about the past and the war"

The Montenegrin director discusses his spirited testimony of the young post-war generation, which follows five childhood friends who remain in contact  

01/09/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | East of the West

Janine Teerling and Petros Charalambous  • Writer and director of Patchwork

Interview: Janine Teerling and Petros Charalambous • Writer and director of Patchwork

"Petros wanted to make a film about intergenerational friendship and me, about taboos around motherhood - so we put it together"

The writer and the director of the psychological drama selected in the East of the West competition discuss the several provocative questions it raises  

01/09/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | East of the West

Shawkat Amin Korki  • Director of The Exam

Interview: Shawkat Amin Korki • Director of The Exam

"The problems in the educational system are not an issue only in Kurdistan"

The Kurdish director discusses his Crystal Globe competition entry, a tiny drama set in Iraqi Kurdistan about a young woman trying to control her own life  

31/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

Dina Duma, Antonia Belazelkoska and Mia Giraud  • Director of and actresses in Sisterhood

Interview: Dina Duma, Antonia Belazelkoska and Mia Giraud • Director of and actresses in Sisterhood

"We live in the time where one click can ruin someone's life"

The director of and the actresses in the Macedonian film, winner of the Special Jury Prize in the East of the West competition, discuss sorority and the dangers of social networks  

30/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | East of the West

Ioseb 'Soso' Bliadze  • Director of Otar's Death

Interview: Ioseb 'Soso' Bliadze • Director of Otar's Death

"My film explores the phenomenon of making a profit out of an accident, a clash between city and village, and mother-son relationships in each of them"

The Georgian director discusses his first feature film, which homes in on a mother and son in the aftermath of a car accident involving the latter  

27/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | East of the West

Olmo Omerzu  • Director of Bird Atlas

Interview: Olmo Omerzu • Director of Bird Atlas

"My film works as a contrast between characters, between selfishness and naïve love, between reality and virtuality"

The Ljubljana-born filmmaker discusses his competition title, which follows an ageing proprietor of a technology company who has dedicated his whole life to his work  

27/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

Tea Lukač  • Director of Roots

Interview: Tea Lukač • Director of Roots

"My film is a sensory, ethnographical experience about people and nature trapped in time"

The Serbian filmmaker discusses her first feature film, which contains elements of documentary, ethnography and fiction  

27/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | East of the West

Srdjan Kovačević  • Director of Factory to the Workers

Interview: Srdjan Kovačević • Director of Factory to the Workers

"This is the inside story of the workers who took over a machine tool plant"

The filmmaker discusses his documentary, which portrays the story of Croatian factory ITAS, a bitter reminder of the unfair market game  

23/08/2021 | Sarajevo 2021 | Documentary Competition

Dušan Kasalica  • Director of The Elegy of Laurel

Interview: Dušan Kasalica • Director of The Elegy of Laurel

"My film is a genre mixture exploring the limits of language and communication"

The Montenegrin director talks about his very contemporary portrait of a self-satisfied man cushy in his social position and oblivious to the needs of others  

19/08/2021 | Sarajevo 2021 | Competition

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