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663 articles available in total starting from 14/06/2002. Last article published on 23/04/2025.

The war in Ukraine and social issues dominate this year’s Crossing Europe

The war in Ukraine and social issues dominate this year’s Crossing Europe

From 29 April-4 May, the Linz-based festival will showcase 142 fiction features, documentaries and short films from 42 countries  

23/04 | Crossing Europe 2025

Review: Croma

Review: Croma

Manuel Abramovich creates a shared cinematographic utopia in which his characters experiment with new and liberatory forms of community living  

10/04 | Visions du Réel 2025

Review: Happyland

Review: Happyland

A failed music star comes back to her hometown and to the life she left behind in Evi Romen’s sophomore directorial effort  

02/04 | Diagonale 2025

The Village Next to Paradise scoops Best Fiction Feature at the Diagonale

The Village Next to Paradise scoops Best Fiction Feature at the Diagonale

Mo Harawe’s film continues its winning streak, while Lisa Polster’s feature debut, Bürglkopf, has taken home the top prize in the documentary category  

02/04 | Diagonale 2025 | Awards

Shooting begins in the Baltics for six-part ARD/ORF series Mozart/Mozart

Shooting begins in the Baltics for six-part ARD/ORF series Mozart/Mozart

Directed by Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim, this modern spin on the legacy of the famed composer turns the camera towards his lesser-known but equally prodigious sister, Maria Anna  

01/04 | Production | Funding | Germany/Austria

Review: Sugarland

Review: Sugarland

Two young people cross Europe by car in Isabella Brunäcker’s debut feature, filmed on glorious 16 mm  

31/03 | Diagonale 2025

Review: The Srebrenica Tape – From Dad, for Alisa

Review: The Srebrenica Tape – From Dad, for Alisa

Chiara Sambuchi follows a woman on an emotional journey to uncover answers about the titular tape that her father made while sheltered in Srebrenica during the Bosnian War  

28/03 | Movies That Matter 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

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