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Mariana Hristova


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

Vladimir Katcharava  • Head of industry selection, Svaneti International Film Festival

Interview: Vladimir Katcharava • Head of industry selection, Svaneti International Film Festival

“This year, we focused on selecting projects whose auteurs do not have extensive international experience”

The Georgian industry professional reveals the strategic concepts behind the event and elaborates on the possible domestic contribution to the international cinema landscape  

15/07/2024 | /Georgia

Review: Ever Since I Knew Myself

Review: Ever Since I Knew Myself

Georgian documentarian Maka Gogaladze enters into a dialogue with her mother in an attempt to understand the logic and beliefs behind the forging of the Georgian character  

10/07/2024 | Golden Apricot 2024

The 21st Golden Apricot Film Festival features 21 full-length works in two competitions

The 21st Golden Apricot Film Festival features 21 full-length works in two competitions

The international and regional competitions of Yerevan's gathering are showcasing 11 and 10 titles, respectively  

08/07/2024 | Golden Apricot 2024

Pavel G Vesnakov  • Director of Windless

Interview: Pavel G Vesnakov • Director of Windless

“Hesitation is a burden, but it marks creative paths”

The Bulgarian director decodes his second feature, which follows a young man who’s detached from his past and his homeland as he deals with the sale of a family apartment  

03/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Peter Hoogendoorn • Director of Three Days of Fish

Interview: Peter Hoogendoorn • Director of Three Days of Fish

“My work is often described as autobiographical, but I find that definition limiting”

The Dutch director breaks down his second feature, revealing the biographical connection to its plot  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Windless

Review: Windless

Bulgarian director Pavel G Vesnakov follows the awakening of a rootless soul amidst the remnants of an abandoned past  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Review: Three Days of Fish

Review: Three Days of Fish

In his second feature, Dutch helmer Peter Hoogendoorn comes up with a minimalist and bittersweet family drama, playing with the ambiguity of the mutual affection between a father and son  

01/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer and poster for Karlovy Vary title Windless

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer and poster for Karlovy Vary title Windless

Pavel G Vesnakov’s fiction feature attempts to speak about Bulgarian society as a whole, but from the point of view of one young man  

27/06/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Transilvania’s Full Moon Creative Lab announces ICU - Immortal Care Unit as its first-ever winner

Transilvania’s Full Moon Creative Lab announces ICU - Immortal Care Unit as its first-ever winner

The pilot edition of the project, supported by the European Union and dedicated to screenwriters specialising in genre TV series, has come to an end after three creative residencies  

24/06/2024 | Transilvania 2024 | TIFF Industry/Awards

Review: Rusalka

Review: Rusalka

Established Romanian documentarist Claudiu Mitcu comes up with a fiction feature debut about an ageing group of friends facing existential conclusions during a seaside holiday  

21/06/2024 | Transilvania 2024

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