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Marta Bałaga


1100 articles available in total starting from 07/04/2017. Last article published on 19/06/2025.

Eytan Ipeker  • Director of The Pageant

Interview: Eytan Ipeker • Director of The Pageant

“Sometimes we want to be told who the bad guys are, but that’s not my film”

Cineuropa talked to Eytan Ipeker, the director of The Pageant, about Miss Holocaust Survivor, a glitzy show with a troubled past  

23/04/2020 | Visions du Réel 2020

Sweden and Denmark to resume shooting while adhering to new rules

Sweden and Denmark to resume shooting while adhering to new rules

The new rulebook, compiled by production company Hobby Film, offers an insight into life on set in the wake of COVID-19  

23/04/2020 | Industry | Market | Sweden/Denmark

New Finnish release proves that it’s not always sunny in Eden

New Finnish release proves that it’s not always sunny in Eden

The highly anticipated drama by Ulla Heikkilä will venture where few dare to go: straight to a Christian camp  

22/04/2020 | Production | Funding | Finland

Mira Staleva  • Managing director, Sofia International Film Festival

Interview: Mira Staleva • Managing director, Sofia International Film Festival

“A sense of humour will save us”

Cineuropa talked to Mira Staleva, the managing director of the Sofia International Film Festival, also behind its industry event Sofia Meetings, about the current plans for the postponed edition  

20/04/2020 | Sofia 2020

Potato Venture promises to make root vegetables great again

Potato Venture promises to make root vegetables great again

The upcoming Finnish underdog story by Joona Tena will see the humble potato in the lead role  

16/04/2020 | Production | Funding | Finland

Mikko Pöllä  • Co-creator of Californian Commando

Interview: Mikko Pöllä • Co-creator of Californian Commando

“People are excited about getting something other than Nordic noirs from the Nordics”

We talked to Mikko Pöllä, the head writer and co-creator of the new Finnish comedy series Californian Commando, starring US actor Kian Lawley  

08/04/2020 | Finland

Odesa meets Karlovy Vary in the first part of the new Instagram Live series

Odesa meets Karlovy Vary in the first part of the new Instagram Live series

The Odesa International Film Festival has launched an Instagram Live series set to feature relaxed talks with some of the industry’s heavyweights  

08/04/2020 | Industry | Market | Ukraine/Czech Republic

365 Days heads to Netflix after titillating the Polish box office into submission

365 Days heads to Netflix after titillating the Polish box office into submission

Advertised by its distributor as “the first Polish erotic film”, Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes’ movie follows “the first Polish slasher” onto the streaming platform as the pandemic rages on  

06/04/2020 | Box Office | Poland

Catarina Vasconcelos  • Director of The Metamorphosis of Birds

Interview: Catarina Vasconcelos • Director of The Metamorphosis of Birds

“If I don’t know it, I can invent it”

Cineuropa caught up with Catarina Vasconcelos to talk about The Metamorphosis of Birds, the winner of the Vilnius Film Festival, right after the online awards ceremony  

03/04/2020 | Vilnius 2020

The Metamorphosis of Birds flies away with the main award at the Vilnius Film Festival

The Metamorphosis of Birds flies away with the main award at the Vilnius Film Festival

During the awards ceremony, which was streamed online due to the pandemic, Lynn + Lucy was also recognised, with Nova Lituania scoring the Cineuropa Prize  

03/04/2020 | Vilnius 2020 | Awards

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