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465 articles available in total starting from 09/04/2018. Last article published on 08/10/2025.

Alexandra Makarová • Director of Perla

Interview: Alexandra Makarová • Director of Perla

“It might be difficult to have sympathy for Perla because people grow up with this mother figure that’s always caring and loving”

The Austrian director unpicks her portrait of a woman and mother, detailing her inspiration and how her own background influenced the script  

06/02 | IFFR 2025 | Tiger Competition

German Films' Face to Face initiative celebrates its tenth anniversary

German Films' Face to Face initiative celebrates its tenth anniversary

As part of the current campaign, seven up-and-coming talents from the German film industry will be presented during the Berlinale  

06/02 | Industry | Market | Germany

Noëlle Bastin, Baptiste Bogaert • Directors of Vitrival – The Most Beautiful Village in the World

Interview: Noëlle Bastin, Baptiste Bogaert • Directors of Vitrival – The Most Beautiful Village in the World

"It was important for us to interfere as little as possible with our fiction in the way people really live"

We talked to the filmmaking duo about their new film, its anchor in reality and their work with non-professional actors  

06/02 | IFFR 2025 | Tiger Competition

Ivan Salatić • Director of Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master

Interview: Ivan Salatić • Director of Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master

"It's more about stripping things off than adding layers to the acting"

We talked to the Montenegrin director about his second feature, its setting, its historical inspiration and the power of language  

06/02 | IFFR 2025 | Tiger Competition

Jan-Henrik Stahlberg • Director of Muxmäuschenstill X

Interview: Jan-Henrik Stahlberg • Director of Muxmäuschenstill X

“This film offers the viewer the rare and great gift of trusting them – nowadays, there is fear everywhere”

The German director tells us more about low-budget production conditions and about his motivations to make this sequel to 2003’s Quiet as a Mouse  

30/01 | Max Ophüls Prize 2025

Lauro Cress • Director of Impatience of the Heart

Interview: Lauro Cress • Director of Impatience of the Heart

“I wanted to show that my protagonist wants to have a purpose in life; he wants to be part of something”

The German director of the recent Max Ophüls Prize winner tells us more about his approach to his characters and how he went about casting the film  

29/01 | Max Ophüls Prize 2025

Production begins on Pierre Monnard’s Hallo Betty

Production begins on Pierre Monnard’s Hallo Betty

Switzerland's TV channels SRF and SRG SSR are bringing iconic figure Betty Bossi to the big screen in a film starring Sarah Spale  

29/01 | Production | Funding | Switzerland

Alireza Khatami • Director of The Things You Kill

Interview: Alireza Khatami • Director of The Things You Kill

“I wanted to break away from this cliché that every time you have to reflect, you have to go to a confined, dark space”

The Canadian-based Iranian director speaks to us about his cast, the emotional challenges he faced in making the film and his production process  

28/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Lauro Cress’s Impatience of the Heart wins big at the Max Ophüls Prize

Lauro Cress’s Impatience of the Heart wins big at the Max Ophüls Prize

The drama about a young couple, which is the directorial debut by the German helmer, has won several prizes, including Best Feature Film, and both gongs for Best Up-and-coming Actor and Actress  

27/01 | Max Ophüls Prize 2025 | Awards

Nadia Fall • Director of Brides

Interview: Nadia Fall • Director of Brides

“In film, it's very hard to represent social media poetically, without it feeling forced and a bit embarrassing”

The British director unpicks her feature debut, which tells the story of two young women in search of what they think will be a better life  

25/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

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