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Matthew Boas


39 articles available in total starting from 19/04/2017. Last article published on 18/11/2024.

Mohamed Hefzy  • Director, Cairo International Film Festival

Interview: Mohamed Hefzy • Director, Cairo International Film Festival

“We’re helping to give a great image of the country, and it just needs to be communicated”

We sat down with Egypt’s Mohamed Hefzy, a big name in the world of production who is currently helming his first-ever Cairo Film Festival  

25/11/2018 | Cairo 2018

The Cairo Film Festival turns 40

The Cairo Film Festival turns 40

The A-list gathering, which is the oldest and only internationally accredited annual film festival in the Arab world, Africa and the Middle East, will unspool from 20-29 November  

19/11/2018 | Cairo 2018

Murer - Anatomie eines Prozesses scoops Best Austrian Feature Film at the Diagonale

Murer - Anatomie eines Prozesses scoops Best Austrian Feature Film at the Diagonale

Christian Frosch's widely discussed court thriller emerged victorious in Graz, and Nikolaus Geyrhalter's The Border Fence snagged the Grand Diagonale Prize for Best Documentary  

19/03/2018 | Diagonale 2018 | Awards

Sebastian Höglinger and Peter Schernhuber  • Directors, Diagonale

Interview: Sebastian Höglinger and Peter Schernhuber • Directors, Diagonale

“‘Dialogue by chance’ would be a good tagline for the Diagonale”

In Graz, we sat down with Sebastian Höglinger and Peter Schernhuber, the young, dynamic co-directors of the Diagonale, to discuss their approach to the Austrian gathering  

19/03/2018 | Diagonale 2018

The Diagonale cooks up a smorgasbord of Austrian film

The Diagonale cooks up a smorgasbord of Austrian film

The jam-packed programme of the 21st edition of one of the most important film gatherings in Austria is set to unspool in Graz from 13-18 March  

09/03/2018 | Diagonale 2018

Christine Dollhofer  • Director, Crossing Europe

Interview: Christine Dollhofer • Director, Crossing Europe

"We go to festivals for the human factor - it's all about the people"

At this year's edition of Crossing Europe, we sat down with its long-serving director, Christine Dollhofer, to discuss the event's place in the Austrian festival landscape, among other issues  

04/05/2017

Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal  • Directors

Interview: Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal • Directors

“‘Ignorant’ is the right word to describe a large part of our society”

Cineuropa met up with Polish directorial duo Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal at Crossing Europe, where they had a tribute dedicated to them and also screened their latest feature  

03/05/2017

Quit Staring at My Plate triumphs at Crossing Europe

Quit Staring at My Plate triumphs at Crossing Europe

Vitaly Mansky’s Close Relations scooped Best Documentary, while Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s Heartstone delighted the festival’s audiences  

02/05/2017 | Crossing Europe 2017 | Awards

Crossing Europe readies this year’s panorama of Continental cinema

Crossing Europe readies this year’s panorama of Continental cinema

160 European fiction films and documentaries, including 74 Austrian premieres, will be shown at the 14th edition of the gathering in Linz from 25-30 April  

19/04/2017 | Crossing Europe 2017

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