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Marta Bałaga


1112 articles available in total starting from 07/04/2017. Last article published on 08/09/2025.

Marion Neumann • Director of The Mushroom Speaks

Interview: Marion Neumann • Director of The Mushroom Speaks

“The mushroom is an organism situated between life and death, and I was fascinated by it”

In the documentary by the German-born Swiss-based filmmaker, it's time to get to know your fungi  

19/04/2021 | Visions du Réel 2021 | National Competition

Tomasz Wolski • Director of 1970

Interview: Tomasz Wolski • Director of 1970

“You can't always focus on what's difficult. Sometimes you need to tell a joke”

In his latest film, the Polish filmmaker goes back in time only to realise some things haven't changed  

15/04/2021 | Visions du Réel 2021 | Competition

David Herdies and Georg Götmark  • Directors of Bellum – The Daemon of War

Interview: David Herdies and Georg Götmark • Directors of Bellum – The Daemon of War

“People blame the drones but it's not the drones – it's us”

The Swedish directors know their technology, but focus on the human aspect of war  

14/04/2021 | Visions du Réel 2021 | Competition

Mathieu Turi • Director of Meander

Interview: Mathieu Turi • Director of Meander

“There is this animal instinct that kicks in, and you don't even know why”

Claustrophobics beware, as the French director invites you on a journey into a tight, enclosed space  

07/04/2021 | BIFFF 2021

Review: Backyard Village

Review: Backyard Village

Small-town charm is big again in Marteinn Thórsson's forgettable fourth feature, selected for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival  

06/04/2021 | Films | Reviews | Iceland

Liza van der Smissen and Nicole Lieberman • Founders, Female Film Club

Interview: Liza van der Smissen and Nicole Lieberman • Founders, Female Film Club

“We want to tell women that what they have to say matters”

The Female Film Club is here to provide an extra push for the female and non-binary international film community  

06/04/2021 | /Europe

The Finnish Impact Film Fund set to make its first mark with Bubble

The Finnish Impact Film Fund set to make its first mark with Bubble

Launched by Aurora Studios, the new private-equity fund promises to further the production of high-quality films and series  

01/04/2021 | Production | Funding | Finland

Review: Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break

Review: Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break

Nick Gillespie’s cringeworthy tale of a wannabe talent show contestant-turned-angel of vengeance wobbles between sweetness and gore, and then just gives the hell up  

19/03/2021 | SXSW 2021

Review: Luchadoras

Review: Luchadoras

If you fight, you will get beaten in Paola Calvo and Patrick Jasim’s powerful documentary – but you can also be declared a winner  

17/03/2021 | SXSW 2021

Alex Noyer  • Director of Sound of Violence

Interview: Alex Noyer • Director of Sound of Violence

“I could go up to people and say: ‘My movie is about a killer who makes music through her murders’”

Finnish-American slashers are not standard fare these days, so we took the opportunity to delve deeper into this one just before its premiere at SXSW  

17/03/2021 | SXSW 2021

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