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Ana Stanic


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

Kumjana Novakova, Guillermo Carreras-Candi  • Directors of Disturbed Earth

Interview: Kumjana Novakova, Guillermo Carreras-Candi • Directors of Disturbed Earth

"The painful past stirs the present, marking the future"

The filmmaking duo discuss their film, which dives into the Srebrenica horror through a space in silence, where past has captured present  

18/08/2021 | Sarajevo 2021 | Documentary Competition

Cristina Grosan  • Director of Things Worth Weeping For

Interview: Cristina Grosan • Director of Things Worth Weeping For

"What’s the best way to live our lives?"

The Hungarian filmmaker discusses her film, which follows a young woman whose life is put upside down after experiencing the death of an old relative  

17/08/2021 | Sarajevo 2021 | Competition

Rocco Di Mento • Director of The Blunder of Love

Interview: Rocco Di Mento • Director of The Blunder of Love

"Using all of my grandfather's private archive material, I tried to deconstruct the idea of love"

CANNES 2021: We chatted to the winner of the Doc Alliance Award for Best Feature Film at this year's Marché du Film in Cannes  

04/08/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Marché du Film

Maciej Hamela • Co-director of Bless You!

Interview: Maciej Hamela • Co-director of Bless You!

"My co-director, Tatiana Chistova, and I depict the situation endured by Russian pensioners during the pandemic"

CANNES 2021: We talked to the winner of the brand-new Doc Alliance Award for Best Short Film at this year's Marché du Film in Cannes  

04/08/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Marché du Film

Albin Kurti  • Prime Minister of Kosovo

Interview: Albin Kurti • Prime Minister of Kosovo

"The constant success of Kosovo's cinema convinced us to double the budget for the film fund"

CANNES 2021: The success Kosovo has been experiencing in the film landscape is culminating on the Croisette, with a short in the Palme d'Or competition and a feature in the Directors' Fortnight  

21/07/2021 | Cannes 2021

Jonas Carpignano  • Director of A Chiara

Interview: Jonas Carpignano • Director of A Chiara

"This is a detailed, distinct study of the community I’ve been always part of"

CANNES 2021: The Italian filmmaker discusses his latest film, which can be called a spin-off of his previous one, both set in the Calabrian commune of Gioia Tauro  

15/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors' Fortnight

Teodora Ana Mihai  • Director of La Civil

Interview: Teodora Ana Mihai • Director of La Civil

"A mother whose daughter was kidnapped in Mexico told me: 'When I wake up in the morning I want to kill or die'"

CANNES 2021: The Belgian-Romanian director delved into the Mexican cauldron to direct her thrilling first feature, and now talks to us about it  

13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Un Certain Regard

Sebastian Meise  • Director of Great Freedom

Interview: Sebastian Meise • Director of Great Freedom

"My film tells a story of tragic fate in an era where love is treated as crime"

CANNES 2021: The Austrian director discusses homosexuality, post-war Germany and his film, one of the sensations in this year's Un Certain Regard  

13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Un Certain Regard

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Achouackh Abakar  • Director of and actress in Lingui, The Sacred Bonds

Interview: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Achouackh Abakar • Director of and actress in Lingui, The Sacred Bonds

"The film is about a woman bravely taking her destiny into her own hands, but also about a country where women help each other"

CANNES 2021: The Chadian director is back in the Palme d'Or competition with his new film, which follows a woman surmounting social and religious taboos  

13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Luana Bajrami  • Director of The Hill Where Lionesses Roar

Interview: Luana Bajrami • Director of The Hill Where Lionesses Roar

"My film paints the unknown picture of Kosovo"

CANNES 2021: The French-Kosovar actress discusses her first feature as a director, which follows a gang of likeable (and perfectly cast) girls  

12/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors' Fortnight

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