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Susanne Gottlieb


172 articles available in total starting from 03/07/2018. Last article published on 07/05/2025.

Zhengfan Yang • Director of Stranger

Interview: Zhengfan Yang • Director of Stranger

“I don't need to belong to a certain place or country”

The Chinese-born director homes in on the hotel room as a non-space and epicentre of non-belonging  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Review: Banzo

Review: Banzo

In Margarida Cardoso’s feature, a mysterious illness is befalling the workers on a remote African island  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Chlorophyll

Review: Chlorophyll

A young woman must find her place and her identity in this fairy tale-like story by Ivana Gloria  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Margarida Cardoso  • Director of Banzo

Interview: Margarida Cardoso • Director of Banzo

“One of the challenges of the film is that it takes place from the point of view of those in power”

In her new feature, the Portuguese director focuses on a little-discussed historical happening: the death of expatriated African workers owing to their longing for their homeland  

04/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Xoftex

Review: Xoftex

Noaz Deshe makes tragic reality and surreal fantasies overlap in order to portray the frustrating situation at a Greek refugee camp  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

The Devil’s Bath and Rickerl continue scooping prizes at the Austrian Film Awards

The Devil’s Bath and Rickerl continue scooping prizes at the Austrian Film Awards

Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s dark Berlinale hit and Adrian Goiginger’s emotional drama about a musician have bagged eight and four awards, respectively  

06/06/2024 | Festivals | Awards | Austria

Review: Light Light Light

Review: Light Light Light

A woman revisits the memories of her first love during the doom days of the Chernobyl summer in Inari Niemi's film  

07/05/2024 | Crossing Europe 2024

Milk, Fairy Gardens and Light Light Light among the winners at Crossing Europe

Milk, Fairy Gardens and Light Light Light among the winners at Crossing Europe

The titles by Stefanie Kolk and Gergő Somogyvári won Best Fiction Film and Best Documentary respectively, while Inari Niemi's film shines in the YAAAS! Competition  

06/05/2024 | Crossing Europe 2024 | Awards

The Diagonale rewards Sleeping with a Tiger threefold

The Diagonale rewards Sleeping with a Tiger threefold

Anja Salomonowitz’s film has won big at the Austrian gathering, while Losing Faith and Anqa also took home prizes  

09/04/2024 | Diagonale 2024 | Awards

Alexander Horwath  • Director of Henry Fonda for President

Interview: Alexander Horwath • Director of Henry Fonda for President

“When iconic actors in American cinema last long enough, a ‘persona’ arises for the audience”

BERLINALE 2024: The Austrian filmmaker unpicks how he built a video essay around the biography of Henry Fonda and wider developments in the USA that intertwined with his life  

01/03/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Forum

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