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44 articles available in total starting from 19/04/2017. Last article published on 01/12/2025.

Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti  • Directors of Sibel

Interview: Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti • Directors of Sibel

“We had hard-working and talented producers, all working for the sake of the film”

Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti, the directors of Sibel, talk to us about their feature, which scooped three awards, including the Cineuropa Prize, at the latest Cinémamed in Brussels  

14/12/2018 | Cinémamed 2018

Álvaro Brechner wins the Golden Pyramid at Cairo with A Twelve-Year Night

Álvaro Brechner wins the Golden Pyramid at Cairo with A Twelve-Year Night

Other fully or partially European winners at the Egyptian gathering included Jamie Jones’ Obey, Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s Manta Ray and Sergei Loznitsa’s Donbass  

03/12/2018 | Cairo 2018 | Awards

Review: Dissonance

Review: Dissonance

Bernard Declercq’s second feature-length fiction film is a dark and disconcerting tale about a woman in a fragile state of mind and her domineering husband  

28/11/2018 | Cairo 2018

Bille August  • Director of A Fortunate Man

Interview: Bille August • Director of A Fortunate Man

"I want a nice atmosphere on set – the drama should be kept in front of the camera"

At the Cairo Film Festival, we chatted to Bille August about his duties as head of the international jury and his latest feature, A Fortunate Man, which is screening at the gathering  

27/11/2018 | Cairo 2018

Review: Rafaël

Review: Rafaël

Amsterdam-born director Ben Sombogaart’s latest feature is a confident piece of work that attempts to tackle the refugee crisis from a very European perspective  

25/11/2018 | Cairo 2018

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

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