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Ana _Stanic


273 articles available in total starting from 29/02/2020. Last article published on 27/05/2025.

Anna Rubi • Director of Your Life Without Me

Interview: Anna Rubi • Director of Your Life Without Me

"This film is about the strength of community and the place of fragility in our society"

The Hungarian director delves into her documentary, in which a group of elderly mothers join forces and sue the state to secure a dignified future for their disabled children  

27/08/2024 | Sarajevo 2024 | Documentary Competition

Vuk Ršumović and Fereshteh Hosseini • Director of and actress in Dwelling Among the Gods

Interview: Vuk Ršumović and Fereshteh Hosseini • Director of and actress in Dwelling Among the Gods

"What makes my lead character unique is her love, dedication and resolve to restore dignity to herself and her brother"

The Serbian director discusses his second feature, in which he follows an Afghan family after having stopped in a refugee centre in Serbia en route to Germany  

27/08/2024 | Sarajevo 2024 | Competition

Anja Kreis  • Director of The Alienated

Interview: Anja Kreis • Director of The Alienated

"The power of evil is not only in the government but also in the mentality of people"

The Russian-born filmmaker discusses her second feature and the uncomfortable questions it raises, about human conscience and morality, as well as the concepts of God and evil  

11/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Iveta Grófová  • Director of The Hungarian Dressmaker

Interview: Iveta Grófová • Director of The Hungarian Dressmaker

"I wanted to get under the skin of my characters"

The Slovak filmmaker discusses her period drama set in the challenging wartime, which forced people to confront highly complex dilemmas  

11/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Vadim Jendreyko  • Director of The Song of Others – A Search for Europe

Interview: Vadim Jendreyko • Director of The Song of Others – A Search for Europe

"This was a very personal research into other options for living together as a society"

The German filmmaker unpicks his topical essay, in which he travels through the European identity, wondering if the continent is condemned to be stuck in a circle of violence, or if there is hope  

11/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Nelicia Low • Director of Pierce

Interview: Nelicia Low • Director of Pierce

"As a sibling of a person with a mental issue, I know you're born into it and process it differently than an adult person"

The Singaporean filmmaker talks about her first feature, a thriller revolving around the ideals of brotherly love and the illusions that we project onto those close to us  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Lilja Ingolfsdottir  • Director of Loveable

Interview: Lilja Ingolfsdottir • Director of Loveable

"I wanted to work with the poetics of emotional realities"

The Norwegian filmmaker discusses her first feature, in which she examines contemporary ideas of romance, equality and womanhood  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Jiří Mádl • Director of Waves

Interview: Jiří Mádl • Director of Waves

"If you are a parent, the important issue may not be your kids' survival, but living meaningfully"

The Czech director gives us an insight on his latest film, which focuses on a group of journalists who risk everything to provide independent news in the late 1960s Czechoslovakia  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Mark Cousins  • Director of A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

Interview: Mark Cousins • Director of A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

"Looking into the world can take you out of yourself and into something bigger"

The filmmaker talks about his new work, an exploration of British modernist painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham's perspective after her experience atop the Grindelwald glacier  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Bruno Anković  • Director of Celebration

Interview: Bruno Anković • Director of Celebration

"This is a story from 100 years ago, but unfortunately, it is also about today and maybe even tomorrow"

The Croatian director delves into his first feature, a film that shows the reasons why innocent people become easy quarry for ideological crusaders  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

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