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320 articles available in total starting from 17/10/2023. Last article published on 15/12/2025.

Review: Waterdrop

Review: Waterdrop

One drop is all it takes to break the dam in the third feature by Albanian filmmaker Robert Budina, a scathing realist indictment of collective complicity in violent patriarchal systems  

15/10/2024 | Warsaw 2024

Élise Otzenberger, Cécile de France • Director and star of Call of Water

Interview: Élise Otzenberger, Cécile de France • Director and star of Call of Water

"I always felt something very spiritual and a bit mystic about [my] connection to water"

The director and star share their attraction to their film's thematic material and why connecting to their own childhoods was so important for this story  

15/10/2024 | Sitges 2024

Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas • Director of Luna

Interview: Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas • Director of Luna

“The first thing I said was that we had to make a movie where they could never physically touch each other”

The Spanish director talks about creating a film shot entirely with actors in spacesuits, drawing inspiration from independent work and making space magic on a smaller budget  

15/10/2024 | Sitges 2024

Review: Luna

Review: Luna

Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas’ latest film about a crew of astronauts stranded in space is an honest effort that falls short technically but is not without its cinematographic merits  

15/10/2024 | Sitges 2024

Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s The Devil’s Bath triumphs at Sitges

Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s The Devil’s Bath triumphs at Sitges

The Austrian-German film secured top prize in the Official Fantastic Competition alongside two other gongs, with the Special Jury Award going to Jang Jae-hyun’s Exhuma  

14/10/2024 | Sitges 2024 | Awards

Torsten Frehse • CEO, European Work in Progress

Interview: Torsten Frehse • CEO, European Work in Progress

“EWIP thinks about which projects can be interesting for the cinemas, mainly keeping the audience in mind”

The Cologne-based industry event will include the pitching of 29 feature-length projects at an advanced stage of production, alongside panels focused on audiences and distribution  

14/10/2024 | European Work in Progress Cologne 2024

Series review: Disclaimer

Series review: Disclaimer

Starring a captivating Cate Blanchett, Alfonso Cuarón’s second-ever episodic effort is an emotionally peculiar beast that must be seen in full to be appreciated  

14/10/2024 | Series | Reviews | UK/Mexico/USA

Review: Call of Water

Review: Call of Water

Élise Otzenberger’s sophomore feature, toplined by Cécile de France, is a visually sublime family drama-cum-mystery with a gentle splash of genre fantasy  

11/10/2024 | Sitges 2024

Nacho Vigalondo • Director of Daniela Forever

Interview: Nacho Vigalondo • Director of Daniela Forever

“I’m open to confessing that I remember depression through a Betacam camera in my mind”

The Spanish filmmaker and contemporary auteur of high-concept science fiction speaks about the personal connections to his latest film and making bold directorial choices  

10/10/2024 | Sitges 2024

Review: Daniela Forever

Review: Daniela Forever

A DJ in Madrid takes an experimental drug to bring back his late girlfriend through lucid dreaming in Nacho Vigalondo’s unexpected hallucinogenic fantasy  

10/10/2024 | Sitges 2024

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