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Ana _Stanic


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

Noaz Deshe  • Director of Xoftex

Interview: Noaz Deshe • Director of Xoftex

"I wanted to document the progression of the mental state of stateless people in a refugee camp"

The director tells us more about his new film, in which he portrays refugees filming satirical sketches and preparing for a zombie horror flick while awaiting immigration interviews in a Greek camp  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

George Sikharulidze  • Director of Panopticon

Interview: George Sikharulidze • Director of Panopticon

"I was interested in exploring the clash between a young boy's soul and his exploding sexuality"

The Georgian filmmaker discusses his first film, about an introvert teenager embarking on a journey of self-discovery, opening up both to an ultra-right organisation and his own sexuality  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Emma Benestan • Director of Animale

Interview: Emma Benestan • Director of Animale

"There are some films that have healed me and helped me over the course of my life, and I think that's why I feel the urge to make movies"

CANNES 2024: The French-Algerian director tells us more about her modern western, about a 22-year-old woman who has to carve out a niche for herself in a male-dominated world  

03/06/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Critics' Week

Hiroshi Okuyama • Director of My Sunshine

Interview: Hiroshi Okuyama • Director of My Sunshine

"The story follows the growth of a young boy from the falling of the first snowflakes until the snow melts"

CANNES 2024: The Japanese director discusses his gentle feature following a boy who dreams of becoming a figure skater, set amidst beautiful, wintery surroundings  

31/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Nebojša Slijepčević • Director of The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Interview: Nebojša Slijepčević • Director of The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

"My film is an open question; I would never dare to lecture anyone"

CANNES 2024: The Short Film Palme d'Or winner breaks down his film, based on real-life events, about an act of resistance to ethnic cleansing that took place on a train in Bosnia and Herzegovina  

30/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Sandhya Suri • Director of Santosh

Interview: Sandhya Suri • Director of Santosh

"We spent the days researching with the police and the evenings bringing that reality into the script"

CANNES 2024: The British-Indian filmmaker discusses her fiction debut, a story of a woman who goes from being a housewife to a widow to becoming a police officer  

27/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Karan Kandhari • Director of Sister Midnight

Interview: Karan Kandhari • Director of Sister Midnight

"You need to accept your own weirdness with humour acting as a driving force"

CANNES 2024: The Indian filmmaker discusses his first feature, a genre effort about an arranged marriage spiralling into darkness as the wife morphs into a feral force  

27/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors' Fortnight

Miguel Gomes • Director of Grand Tour

Interview: Miguel Gomes • Director of Grand Tour

"My film is almost like a joke, about men being so cowardly and women being so determined"

CANNES 2024: The Portuguese filmmaker talks about his new film, a travelogue drama about colonialism, social divides and love  

25/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Ariane Labed • Director of September Says

Interview: Ariane Labed • Director of September Says

"Unconditional love in the family can be a safe place, but at the same time it can become manipulation"

CANNES 2024: The Greek-French actress has talked to us about her first feature as a director, a mysterious and haunting tale of two sisters raised by a single mother  

25/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Sergei Loznitsa • Director of The Invasion

Interview: Sergei Loznitsa • Director of The Invasion

"After finishing the film, I could see the face of the enemy in it in a way we had never seen before"

CANNES 2024: The Ukrainian filmmaker continues his country's chronicles and documents its struggle against the Russian invasion  

21/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Special Screenings

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