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Marta Balaga


1097 articles available in total starting from 07/04/2017. Last article published on 26/05/2025.

Review: One to One: John & Yoko

Review: One to One: John & Yoko

VENICE 2024: Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards’ frantic, fun doc is so good that it makes you forget all about Gal Gadot’s take on “Imagine”  

31/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Alexandros Avranas • Director of Quiet Life

Interview: Alexandros Avranas • Director of Quiet Life

“At some point, given what is happening to the environment, we might all become refugees”

VENICE 2024: The Greek director outlines the mysterious syndrome affecting refugee children as well as other topics tackled in his film  

30/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Review: Maria

Review: Maria

VENICE 2024: Pablo Larraín concludes his “lonely ladies in empty apartments” trilogy, but this particular aria feels overlong  

29/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Aude Léa Rapin • Director of Planet B

Interview: Aude Léa Rapin • Director of Planet B

“In Planet B, people don’t talk; they act”

VENICE 2024: In her 2039-set feature, starring Adèle Exarchopoulos, the French director brings science fiction, ecology and politics to the table  

29/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

Miguel Llansó • Director of Infinite Summer

Interview: Miguel Llansó • Director of Infinite Summer

"I wanted to have poetry in this film"

The director tells us about his latest movie, in which everyone is ready for transition  

14/08/2024 | Fantasia 2024

Antonin Peretjatko • Director of Voyage Along the War

Interview: Antonin Peretjatko • Director of Voyage Along the War

“When I was in Ukraine before, I wasn’t that concerned with my roots, but it has changed since the war started”

The French director discusses how he went about searching for his identity in the place where his grandfather was born  

10/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Klára Tasovská  • Director of I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

Interview: Klára Tasovská • Director of I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

“This film is Libuše Jarcovjáková’s biggest exhibition”

The forgotten Czech photographer finally gets her due – and tells her own story – in this intriguing documentary  

09/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Review: Gina

Review: Gina

A little girl outgrows her dysfunctional mother in this familiar yet serviceable drama by Ulrike Kofler  

08/07/2024 | Filmfest München 2024

Review: Poison

Review: Poison

Tim Roth and Trine Dyrholm try to out-grieve each other in Désirée Nosbusch’s earnest drama that’s better suited for the stage  

08/07/2024 | Filmfest München 2024

Beata Parkanová • Director of Tiny Lights

Interview: Beata Parkanová • Director of Tiny Lights

“Adults tend to look down on children; in this film, they are all equal”

The Czech filmmaker discusses her tiny protagonist, whose family are convinced she is completely oblivious to the turmoil that’s ripping them apart – but they’re wrong  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

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