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Mariana Hristova


264 articles available in total starting from 10/09/2009. Last article published on 28/07/2025.

Review: Crocodile Tears

Review: Crocodile Tears

Indonesian filmmaker Tumpal Tampubolon’s first feature is an inventive and peculiar take on the love of a suffocating mother, which reveals itself as an undiagnosed form of madness  

11/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Review: Toxic

Review: Toxic

Saulė Bliuvaitė’s coming-of-age tale and debut feature navigates teenage insecurities about body image amidst dreams and realities in a dilapidated Lithuanian mining town  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Crickets, It’s Your Turn

Review: Crickets, It’s Your Turn

Kazakh filmmaker Olga Korotko’s second feature is an escalating thriller arising from the conflict between sensitive femininity and toxic masculinity  

14/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Lesson Learned

Review: Lesson Learned

Bálint Szimler’s school drama questions the outdated methods of the Hungarian educational system by employing a masterful docufiction approach, albeit without achieving a full-blooded discussion  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Holy Electricity

Review: Holy Electricity

Tato Kotetishvili’s feature debut is an urban road movie starring two solitary men who shine neon light around the outskirts of Tbilisi in exchange for closeness  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Review: Moon

Review: Moon

Kurdwin Ayub’s second feature brings clashing worlds together, attempting to facilitate their collision through the complex constellations of sisterhood  

12/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Salve Maria

Review: Salve Maria

Mar Coll’s third feature is a close-up take on postpartum depression, teetering between feminist drama and psychological thriller  

08/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for Locarno Competition entry New Dawn Fades

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for Locarno Competition entry New Dawn Fades

The fiction feature by Turkish filmmaker Gürcan Keltek chronicles episodes of psychosis in chapters over 72 hours  

01/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Rachel Hananshvili’s Redeem Me grabs the Best Project award in Svaneti

Rachel Hananshvili’s Redeem Me grabs the Best Project award in Svaneti

The project was selected by an international jury among the seven Georgian projects participating in this year’s industry section of the event  

24/07/2024 | Festivals | Awards | Georgia

Emily Mkrtichian  • Director of There Was, There Was Not

Interview: Emily Mkrtichian • Director of There Was, There Was Not

“I hope these images of Artsakh will be more than just an archive of the past, but also a dream for the future”

The Armenian filmmaker provides insights into her relationship with her characters and into the complex process of documenting living history  

17/07/2024 | Golden Apricot 2024

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