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655 articles available in total starting from 14/06/2002. Last article published on 26/03/2025.

Arash T Riahi, Verena Soltiz • Directors of Girls and Gods

Interview: Arash T Riahi, Verena Soltiz • Directors of Girls and Gods

“We wanted to give some space to all of these women who are actually revolutionising our society within their religions”

The duo of directors talk about working together with their protagonist, activist Inna Shevchenko, and what it took to make a film out of conversations  

26/03 | CPH:DOX 2025

Flora Linghwa Huang • Director of The White Waters

Interview: Flora Linghwa Huang • Director of The White Waters

“I realised that I needed to put myself in the film and discover what identity meant for me”

In her project, the first-time Taiwanese director explores the lives of women who immigrated to her country through arranged marriage  

20/03 | Trieste 2025 | WEMW

Review: Generations of Images

Review: Generations of Images

Austrian director Johannes Gierlinger examines the transition from communist dictatorship to capitalist democracy in Albania using a poetic-essayistic approach  

18/03 | Bergamo 2025

The 28th Diagonale shines bright with a rich programme

The 28th Diagonale shines bright with a rich programme

This year’s Graz-based gathering does not shy away from tough, relevant topics and remains a seismograph for sociopolitical changes  

17/03 | Diagonale 2025

Review: Scars of Growth

Review: Scars of Growth

For their feature film, German filmmaker Monika Grassl and Slovak director Linda Osusky choose to talk, with courage and militancy, about a pressing issue that touches us all closely  

14/03 | FIFDH Geneva 2025

Filmfonds Wien allocates €4.2 million for new film and TV projects

Filmfonds Wien allocates €4.2 million for new film and TV projects

Among the supported projects for the first funding round of 2025 are new works by Marie Kreutzer, Arman T Riahi and Amos Gitai  

07/03 | Production | Funding | Austria

Mike van Diem explores the limits of friendship in Our Girls

Mike van Diem explores the limits of friendship in Our Girls

The Dutch Oscar-winning director's latest psychological drama, currently in post-production, stars Thekla Reuten, Noortje Herlaar and Fedja van Huêt  

27/02 | Production | Funding | Netherlands/Belgium/Austria

Markus Schleinzer in post-production with historical drama Rose

Markus Schleinzer in post-production with historical drama Rose

The 17th-century post-war tale, starring Sandra Hüller, delves into identity, deception and the survival of a mysterious soldier with a hidden truth  

25/02 | Production | Funding | Austria/Germany

Florian Pochlatko • Director of How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

Interview: Florian Pochlatko • Director of How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

“Mental health has become such a big issue in recent years, but I didn't want it to be portrayed as ‘cool’”

BERLINALE 2025: The Austrian director follows a young woman beset by psychotic episodes, who is trying to fit the pattern of a mentally normative life  

25/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Perspectives

Johanna Moder  • Director of Mother's Baby

Interview: Johanna Moder • Director of Mother's Baby

"My character is going through loneliness, emptiness and the disappointment of motherhood"

BERLINALE 2025: The Austrian director details the making of her film about a mother struggling to accept her son as her own, conveying the suspense of the story and working with babies on set  

22/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Competition

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