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Marta Balaga


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

Estonian-Finnish co-production 8 Views of Lake Biwa currently shooting

Estonian-Finnish co-production 8 Views of Lake Biwa currently shooting

Marko Raat’s magical-realist ensemble tragedy is led by Estonia’s Allfilm, partnering with Helsinki-based Bufo  

23/08/2022 | Production | Funding | Estonia/Finland

Review: The Hamlet Syndrome

Review: The Hamlet Syndrome

War takes the stage in this documentary by Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski, but it’s still too early for the curtain to fall  

22/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Semaine de la critique

Kilian Riedhof • Director of You Will Not Have My Hate

Interview: Kilian Riedhof • Director of You Will Not Have My Hate

"Three countries made this film as a European answer to terrorism. We have to stay together"

In his film, the German director celebrates love  

22/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Piazza Grande

Kaspar Kasics  • Director of Erica Jong: Breaking the Walls

Interview: Kaspar Kasics • Director of Erica Jong: Breaking the Walls

“That’s what I learnt from Erica Jong: to be honest”

The Swiss director takes on the legacy of Erica Jong, the American writer behind the 1973 novel Fear of Flying  

19/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Out of Competition

Review: You Will Not Have My Hate

Review: You Will Not Have My Hate

Kilian Riedhof avoids easy sentimentality in this restrained take on a tragic true story that was literally shared by many  

19/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Piazza Grande

Review: Delta

Review: Delta

Italian director Michele Vannucci delivers an especially wet western set in a world that even the sun has forgotten  

17/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Piazza Grande

Ruth Mader • Director of Serviam – I Will Serve

Interview: Ruth Mader • Director of Serviam – I Will Serve

“Girls can also be violent”

The Austrian director wonders how far one can go in the name of God, and if it’s even worth it  

16/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Anna Eriksson • Director of W

Interview: Anna Eriksson • Director of W

"I was looking for truthful pain"

The Finnish artist follows her 2018 Marilyn Monroe dark dream M with W, continuing to disturb  

12/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Out of Competition

Carlos Conceição • Director of Tommy Guns

Interview: Carlos Conceição • Director of Tommy Guns

“It’s all about breaking down walls and old ideas”

The Angola-born Portuguese director isn’t writing off the past just yet  

12/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Review: Human Flowers of Flesh

Review: Human Flowers of Flesh

Helena Wittmann quotes Beau Travail in her latest feature, the slowest example of slow cinema in recent memory  

11/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

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