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​​Savina Petkova


178 articles available in total starting from 24/02/2023. Last article published on 19/08/2025.

Paolo Tizón • Director of Night Has Come

Interview: Paolo Tizón • Director of Night Has Come

"But life goes on, like in an Abbas Kiarostami movie"

We sat down with the Peruvian director to discuss his debut feature offering an intimate look at one of the most challenging military trainings in Latin America  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Oleh Sentsov  • Director of Real

Interview: Oleh Sentsov • Director of Real

“I would not dare call this a movie”

The Ukrainian director breaks down the making of his real-life record of war and the Russian invasion, captured accidentally with his military GoPro  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Review: Trans Memoria

Review: Trans Memoria

Conceptual artist Victoria Verseau does not hold back in her feature debut, documenting a return to memories, grief and the process of transition all at once  

04/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Review: The Hungarian Dressmaker

Review: The Hungarian Dressmaker

Iveta Grófová takes us to wartime Bratislava in a solid period drama based on Peter Krištúfek’s novella Ema and the Death’s Head  

01/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Sad Jokes, set to premiere at Filmfest München

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Sad Jokes, set to premiere at Filmfest München

Fabian Stumm’s sophomore feature explores life, family and art through a tragicomic lens  

11/06/2024 | Filmfest München 2024

Review: Plastic Guns

Review: Plastic Guns

CANNES 2024: Jean-Christophe Meurisse’s third feature is a farcical retelling of real-life events that leans heavily on macabre humour  

25/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: September Says

Review: September Says

CANNES 2024: Ariane Labed adapts Daisy Johnson’s coming-of-age novel Sisters into one of the year’s finest directorial debuts  

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

Review: To a Land Unknown

Review: To a Land Unknown

CANNES 2024: Mahdi Fleifel’s second feature is a migrant drama steeped in empathy, boasting an uncompromising lead performance by Mahmood Bakri  

25/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: The Other Way Around

Review: The Other Way Around

CANNES 2024: Jonás Trueba makes another solid and watchable romantic film by zooming in on a couple celebrating their break-up with a divorce party  

24/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Sister Midnight

Review: Sister Midnight

CANNES 2024: The feature debut by London-based writer-director Karan Kandhari presents marital roles through slapstick and horror-comedy tropes  

24/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

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