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Marta Bałaga


1100 articles available in total starting from 07/04/2017. Last article published on 19/06/2025.

Review: A New Old Play

Review: A New Old Play

Qiu Jiongjiong’s Special Jury Prize winner demands commitment, but rewards it with, among other things, a playful take on the afterlife. The good news is, they have soup  

17/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Cop Secret

Review: Cop Secret

You have the right to enjoy Hannes Þór Halldórsson’s Icelandic buddy cop action-comedy. And to remain silent, obviously  

13/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Aurélia Georges • Director of Secret Name

Interview: Aurélia Georges • Director of Secret Name

“As women, we have gained some space and some freedom, but corsets take different shapes”

In her Locarno competition entry, the Paris-born filmmaker focuses on women, and women only  

12/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Ruth Platt • Director of Martyrs Lane

Interview: Ruth Platt • Director of Martyrs Lane

“I find it interesting when people say they don’t like horror; I need it!”

In the British filmmaker’s third feature, you need not worry about what’s out in the woods, as chances are, what’s inside of your house is much worse  

12/08/2021 | Fantasia 2021

Review: Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash

Review: Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash

Director Edwin explains everything you always wanted to know about erectile dysfunction but were afraid to ask  

12/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Bull

Review: Bull

Paul Andrew Williams’ violent revenge tale feels familiar until it takes a sudden, and welcome, swerve into bonkers territory  

10/08/2021 | Fantasia 2021

Rasmus Merivoo • Director of Kratt

Interview: Rasmus Merivoo • Director of Kratt

“In some ways, my film is like a nature documentary: you show how little people live, how the world affects them and how they affect the world”

We talked to the Estonian director about his film, which is really for the whole family, even though parents might need to answer some questions after the screening  

10/08/2021 | Fantasia 2021

Review: The River

Review: The River

As far as “slow cinema” goes, the latest offering from Lebanon’s Ghassan Salhab just crawls along  

09/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Review: Kratt

Review: Kratt

It’s alive! In his bloody family film, Rasmus Merivoo delivers every workaholic’s biggest nightmare  

06/08/2021 | Fantasia 2021

Stefan Ruzowitzky • Director of Hinterland

Interview: Stefan Ruzowitzky • Director of Hinterland

“My protagonist feels the world is twisted and distorted; German Expressionists wanted to communicate the same thing”

Selected for the Piazza Grande section of Locarno, the Austrian helmer’s new film shows the landscape after World War I  

06/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Piazza Grande

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