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Savina Petkova


172 articles available in total starting from 24/02/2023. Last article published on 27/05/2025.

Eleonora Camizzi • Director of Pictures in Mind

Interview: Eleonora Camizzi • Director of Pictures in Mind

“I already felt that this set-up could help us have real conversations, where we could really listen to each other”

The Swiss director unpicks her process of pointing the camera at herself and her father, afflicted by schizophrenia  

25/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Review: Silent Observers

Review: Silent Observers

Eliza Petkova’s new documentary adopts the point of view of five animals in a remote Bulgarian village  

22/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Review: Green Is the New Red

Review: Green Is the New Red

Anna Recalde Miranda’s fifth documentary sounds the alarm bells for Latin America’s politics  

22/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Maciej J Drygas’s Trains crowned with the Best Film Award at IDFA

Maciej J Drygas’s Trains crowned with the Best Film Award at IDFA

Also among the European winners were An American Pastoral, Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries, The Guest and Writing Hawa  

22/11/2024 | IDFA 2024 | Awards

Review: Home Game

Review: Home Game

In her personal new film, Lidija Zelović uses archive and family footage to make a political diagnosis  

21/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Review: Pictures in Mind

Review: Pictures in Mind

Swiss filmmaker Eleonora Camizzi presents a tender, inquisitive and personal debut feature about family and schizophrenia  

20/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Piotr Winiewicz • Director of About a Hero

Interview: Piotr Winiewicz • Director of About a Hero

“What happens if, all of a sudden, this voice we trust is not trustworthy any more?”

The Copenhagen-based Polish director discusses the extensive process of making his film, adapted from a script written by a specially trained AI model  

19/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Review: About a Hero

Review: About a Hero

Piotr Winiewicz’s debut feature has opened this year’s IDFA by asking questions about image reproduction and humanity via AI  

18/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Gijón's FICX Pro industry programme celebrates emerging talents and innovative forms

Gijón's FICX Pro industry programme celebrates emerging talents and innovative forms

The 63rd edition of the Spanish festival welcomes ten projects in development and post-production from local emerging talents  

31/10/2024 | Gijón 2024 | FICX Pro

Review: Tracing Light

Review: Tracing Light

Light as you’ve never seen it before becomes the protagonist of Thomas Riedelsheimer’s latest documentary  

30/10/2024 | DOK Leipzig 2024

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