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1025 articles available in total starting from 26/09/2013. Last article published on 04/11/2025.

Maureen Fazendeiro • Director of The Seasons

Interview: Maureen Fazendeiro • Director of The Seasons

"The political is already in the poetry"

The Portuguese filmmaker discusses blending archaeology, oral history and local myth into a docu-fiction, and how her approach reflects the layered landscapes of Alentejo  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Rosanne Pel • Director of Donkey Days

Interview: Rosanne Pel • Director of Donkey Days

“The need for control comes from within a social construct that has been shaped over time”

The Dutch filmmaker speaks about her unconventional process for making her latest movie, zooming in on the internalised conflicts that many women face  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Ben Rivers • Director of Mare’s Nest

Interview: Ben Rivers • Director of Mare’s Nest

“I wanted to make a film that has that unease beneath it because that’s the world we live in”

The British filmmaker talks about fusing Don DeLillo’s play with a child’s perspective, and how the film’s shifting styles reflect its protagonist’s journey and the director’s own process  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due

Review: Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due

Abdellatif Kechiche’s third instalment in his saga continues his long-form exploration of youth and desire, focusing more on female agency and less on objectification  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Legend of the Happy Worker demonstrates the value of crypto-financing

Legend of the Happy Worker demonstrates the value of crypto-financing

Swiss-based Arts 3’s involvement in Duwayne Dunham’s film, premiering at Locarno, proves how crypto-financing can operate within hybrid production funding models  

06/08 | Industry | Market | Switzerland/USA

Yelizaveta Smit, Eugene Rachkovsky • Director and producer of In Vacuo

Interview: Yelizaveta Smit, Eugene Rachkovsky • Director and producer of In Vacuo

“The war has taught us to adapt”

The Ukrainian filmmaker and producer discuss her fiction debut, a meditation on memory and absence set in Odesa, which won the Eurimages Special Co-production Development Award at KVIFF  

21/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | KVIFF Industry Days

Paula Ďurinová • Director of Action Item

Interview: Paula Ďurinová • Director of Action Item

“I wanted to recognise how the politics of destruction, violence and a crumbling democracy affect our mental health”

The Slovak-born, Berlin-based director talks about the making of her film, and her shift from character-driven storytelling to a collage approach  

17/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

Vojtěch Strakatý • Director of The Other Side of Summer

Interview: Vojtěch Strakatý • Director of The Other Side of Summer

“The desire to discover new worlds naturally brings in the mysterious and the magical”

The Czech director talks about subverting narrative clichés, experimenting with structure, and drawing inspiration from video games and vaporwave  

16/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

Miro Remo’s Better Go Mad in the Wild nets the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary

Miro Remo’s Better Go Mad in the Wild nets the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary

The French family drama Out of Love and Broken Voices, a Czech drama tackling sexual abuse within a youth choir, received two awards apiece  

14/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Awards

Review: Action Item

Review: Action Item

Paula Ďurinová’s observational-essayistic hybrid documentary reframes mental health problems as a systemic condition, rather than an individual struggle  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

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