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Marta Balaga


1097 articles available in total starting from 07/04/2017. Last article published on 26/05/2025.

Review: Parade

Review: Parade

In his fun feature debut, Titas Laucius schools his viewers on how to get an annulment through the Catholic Church – and survive  

29/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | First Feature Competition

Review: Piece of My Heart

Review: Piece of My Heart

Friendship is tainted by jealousy – and way too much booze – in Dana Nechushtan's clunky ballerina melodrama  

28/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Review: Journey Through Our World

Review: Journey Through Our World

Peter Lataster and Petra Lataster-Czisch’s Best Dutch Film winner is slow but has a certain grace to it – as well as a wasp with thieving tendencies  

28/11/2022 | IDFA 2022

Review: Much Ado About Dying

Review: Much Ado About Dying

IDFA Best Director Award winner Simon Chambers comes uncomfortably close to his protagonist in his film, but then reveals a lot of himself, too  

25/11/2022 | IDFA 2022

Review: Driving Mum

Review: Driving Mum

Hilmar Oddsson’s comeback film feels rusty, just like his protagonist’s clapped-out car. But every once in a while, it actually runs smoothly  

24/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Jon Bang Carlsen • Director of Dreaming Arizona

Interview: Jon Bang Carlsen • Director of Dreaming Arizona

“The beautiful thing about ‘the real world’ is that it gives you resistance”

According to the Danish director, there is no reality, so feel free to come up with your own interpretation  

22/11/2022 | IDFA 2022

Review: Apolonia, Apolonia

Review: Apolonia, Apolonia

In her fascinating IDFA winner, Lea Glob starts off with one portrait of an artist and ends up with two  

21/11/2022 | IDFA 2022

IDFA crowns Apolonia, Apolonia as its champion

IDFA crowns Apolonia, Apolonia as its champion

Lea Glob’s touching portrayal of a young artist, a movie “infused with love”, has won Best Film in the International Competition, with Angie Vinchito’s Manifesto also noticed  

21/11/2022 | IDFA 2022 | Awards

Review: Kaymak

Review: Kaymak

Social satire meets sex comedy – and a whole lot of dairy – in Milcho Manchevski’s confusing latest  

08/11/2022 | Tokyo 2022

Marjorie Bendeck • Director, Connecting Cottbus

Interview: Marjorie Bendeck • Director, Connecting Cottbus

“That’s what we want to address: how the hell do you fund arthouse films nowadays?”

The head of coco opens up about this year’s edition of the co-production market that focuses primarily on Eastern European cinema  

08/11/2022 | Cottbus 2022 | Connecting Cottbus

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