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Marta Balaga


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

Ivana Gloria  • Director of Chlorophyll

Interview: Ivana Gloria • Director of Chlorophyll

“I had to learn to let go of the fear”

The director takes a deep dive into her “modern queer fairy tale”, a film about transformation and the fear of change  

03/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel • Director of Armand

Interview: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel • Director of Armand

“Making people uncomfortable might be something I just know how to do”

CANNES 2024: We caught up with the first Norwegian winner of the Caméra d’Or to discuss body language, discomfort and other aspects of his new film  

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

Review: My Sunshine

Review: My Sunshine

CANNES 2024: This likeable film by Hiroshi Okuyama lacks bite, but it will make you want to put on your old skates again – if you manage to find them, that is  

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

Jean-Christophe Meurisse • Director of Plastic Guns

Interview: Jean-Christophe Meurisse • Director of Plastic Guns

“My characters are disguising their actual lives and trying to step into different ones, even if it will eventually destroy them”

CANNES 2024: Wannabe detectives and murderers without a conscience seek each other out in the French director’s film – and predictably, mayhem ensues  

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

Mahdi Fleifel • Director of To a Land Unknown

Interview: Mahdi Fleifel • Director of To a Land Unknown

“I’m always intrigued by what it means to have no place where you belong”

CANNES 2024: The Palestinian-Danish director takes on the melancholy of exile as two Palestinian cousins get stranded in Greece  

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

Review: Motel Destino

Review: Motel Destino

CANNES 2024: It’s getting hot in here in Karim Aïnouz’s fun, sweaty noir  

23/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Review: The Apprentice

Review: The Apprentice

CANNES 2024: Ali Abbasi’s satire about baby Trump is shallow and pointless, a real misstep for the versatile director  

21/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Rungano Nyoni, Susan Chardy • Director of and actress in On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Interview: Rungano Nyoni, Susan Chardy • Director of and actress in On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

“It’s about how difficult it is to speak up”

CANNES 2024: The helmer and the star of this film, about a late uncle’s dark secrets coming to light, talk about being complicit in silence  

21/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Saïd Hamich Benlarbi • Director of Across the Sea

Interview: Saïd Hamich Benlarbi • Director of Across the Sea

“I have lived through the experience of exile”

CANNES 2024: In his new film, the French-Moroccan director salutes the dreamers and those who never truly feel at home  

18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Critics’ Week

Emmanuel Courcol • Director of The Marching Band

Interview: Emmanuel Courcol • Director of The Marching Band

“My main concern was making sure the audience doesn’t leave the cinema feeling desperate”

CANNES 2024: The French director behind The Big Hit proves that music really brings people together – even long-lost siblings  

18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Cannes Première

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