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473 articles available in total starting from 09/04/2018. Last article published on 30/01/2026.

Olivia Rochette and Gerard-Jan Claes  • Directors of Kind Hearts

Interview: Olivia Rochette and Gerard-Jan Claes • Directors of Kind Hearts

“We had to strike a balance between normal, everyday life and something interesting”

BERLINALE 2022: At the centre of this Belgian documentary is a young couple reflecting on their lives and the nature of love  

11/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Generation

Magnus Gertten • Director of Nelly & Nadine

Interview: Magnus Gertten • Director of Nelly & Nadine

“I was interested in revealing hidden history”

BERLINALE 2022: The new documentary by the Swedish filmmaker is a touching love story between two women who met in a Second World War concentration camp  

11/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Colm Bairéad  • Director of The Quiet Girl

Interview: Colm Bairéad • Director of The Quiet Girl

“I decided the camera shouldn’t ever leave the protagonist”

BERLINALE 2022: From Ireland comes an intimate coming-of-age story set in the 1980s but with timeless relevance  

11/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Generation

Shamira Raphaëla  • Director of Shabu

Interview: Shamira Raphaëla • Director of Shabu

“In the end, every documentary is always fiction; there is no such thing as an objective documentary”

BERLINALE 2022: In the Dutch director’s film, the titular Shabu invites the viewer to spend a very special summer with him  

10/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Generation

Edgar Pêra  • Director of Kinorama – Beyond the Walls of the Real

Interview: Edgar Pêra • Director of Kinorama – Beyond the Walls of the Real

“I am not attracted to realism, because I have so many more options to create a new reality”

The Portuguese director challenges the visual habits of the audience with his 3D documentary  

04/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Harbour

Claire Doyon • Director of Penelope My Love

Interview: Claire Doyon • Director of Penelope My Love

“The camera felt like a weapon as well as a shield”

The French director’s documentary offers a very intimate insight into the story of her family and her daughter's illness  

04/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Harbour

Frauke Havemann • Director of Be Right Back

Interview: Frauke Havemann • Director of Be Right Back

"It's about giving possibilities or limitations, and less of a psychology or a historical background"

The German director's slightly enigmatic and at times nearly psychedelic feature is screening at Slamdance  

02/02/2022 | Slamdance 2022

Mabrouk El Mechri • Director of Kung Fu Zohra

Interview: Mabrouk El Mechri • Director of Kung Fu Zohra

"I wanted my daughter to get her own Rocky"

Inspired by The Karate Kid, the French director presents a strong woman who fights for her rights and her daughter  

02/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Marianne Blicher • Director of Miss Viborg

Interview: Marianne Blicher • Director of Miss Viborg

"I wanted to make the film look like a fairy-tale in the ghetto, with a lot of colours and depth, symbolising hope"

The Danish director tells a story set in a social housing area of her country, and she discusses the characters of her story, her choice of actors and the visual concept of the film  

01/02/2022 | Göteborg 2022

Marten Persiel  • Director of Everything Will Change

Interview: Marten Persiel • Director of Everything Will Change

“I wanted the film to be a celebration of both nature and nature filmmaking”

This docu-fiction is a painful but intriguing roller coaster through what the Earth might look like in a few generations’ time  

01/02/2022 | Max Ophüls Prize 2022

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