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Marta Bałaga


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

In a difficult year for cinema, local films still put up a decent fight in Finland

In a difficult year for cinema, local films still put up a decent fight in Finland

In 2020, Finnish movies registered 1,583,618 admissions, taking 41.1% of the market share  

27/01/2021 | Box Office | Finland

Miriam Guttmann • Director of Seeds of Deceit

Interview: Miriam Guttmann • Director of Seeds of Deceit

“Jan Karbaat was a man with multiple faces”

We talked to the director of the Sundance-screened, three-episode series about the infamous Jan Karbaat case and his many, many descendants  

27/01/2021 | Sundance 2021 | Indie Series

In Golden Land, the search for wealth can lead to finding your own identity instead

In Golden Land, the search for wealth can lead to finding your own identity instead

Inka Achté's upcoming documentary will show how it really feels to be sitting on a gold mine  

26/01/2021 | Production | Funding | Finland/Sweden/Norway

Now in post-production, Claes Olsson's Yellow Sulfur Sky is “not your usual love story”

Now in post-production, Claes Olsson's Yellow Sulfur Sky is “not your usual love story”

Set to be finished in February, the new Swedish-language film will tackle some weighty topics, such as love, friendship and – the scariest of all – class  

25/01/2021 | Production | Funding | Finland

Suvi West • Director of Eatnameamet - Our Silent Struggle

Interview: Suvi West • Director of Eatnameamet - Our Silent Struggle

“Every Sámi generation had people who fought”

We chatted to the director of the DocPoint title about what many would rather not talk about  

25/01/2021 | DocPoint 2021

Jonas Holmberg • Artistic director, Göteborg Film Festival

Interview: Jonas Holmberg • Artistic director, Göteborg Film Festival

“It's time to celebrate, dance and fall in love”

We talked to the artistic director of the Swedish festival about the upcoming digital edition – and remote islands  

21/01/2021 | Göteborg 2021

When East Meets West prepares for the MIDPOINT Shorts project showcase

When East Meets West prepares for the MIDPOINT Shorts project showcase

Four short-film projects will be shown to the participants in the co-production forum on 25 January  

20/01/2021 | Trieste 2021 | WEMW

Hannaleena Hauru • Director of Fucking with Nobody

Interview: Hannaleena Hauru • Director of Fucking with Nobody

“I am used to navigating different worlds”

We talked to the filmmaker behind the Venice Biennale College title, now showing in its native Finland  

19/01/2021 | /Finland

There are different ways of experiencing films, but the physical screening is still important, argue panellists at the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema

There are different ways of experiencing films, but the physical screening is still important, argue panellists at the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema

Festival directors Carlo Chatrian, Vanja Kaludjercic and Mickaël Marin talked about “2021 Perspectives for European Festivals” during the online conference  

14/01/2021 | Industry | Market | France

Göteborg Film Festival announces its programme and gets ready to ship one viewer to a remote island

Göteborg Film Festival announces its programme and gets ready to ship one viewer to a remote island

The largest film festival in Scandinavia, predictably going online owing to the pandemic, will open with Zaida Bergroth's Tove  

12/01/2021 | Göteborg 2021

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