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2632 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 15/10/2026.

Kristijonas Vildžiūnas • Director of Dice-Ching-O-Mat

Interview: Kristijonas Vildžiūnas • Director of Dice-Ching-O-Mat

“Perhaps presence is the most difficult art to master”

The Lithuanian helmer decodes his sixth feature, assembled around a mysterious Asian cipher, and elaborates on the existential layer behind its sci-fi premise  

15/10 | Warsaw 2026 | Competition

Tallinn Black Nights lifts the lid on its Official Competition

Tallinn Black Nights lifts the lid on its Official Competition

The main competitive strand of the 30th edition features 12 world premieres, while the jury will be chaired by two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Sir Christopher Hampton  

07/10 | Black Nights 2026 | Competition

Mike Leigh wins San Sebastián's Golden Shell

Mike Leigh wins San Sebastián's Golden Shell

Tender Loving Care has clinched the festival’s top prize, the Best Leading Performance Award for Kate O'Flynn as well as Best Screenplay  

28/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Awards

Mikel Gurrea • Director of Saints

Interview: Mikel Gurrea • Director of Saints

“Robberies have that ritual-like component, of something done on the sly, in silence”

The Basque filmmaker talks about his drama revolving around families, caregiving and heists, steeped in religious iconography and shot in his neighbourhood in Barcelona  

28/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Nicole Garcia • Director of Milo

Interview: Nicole Garcia • Director of Milo

"We had to show Alice’s path towards Milo, and Milo’s path towards Alice"

The French filmmaker talks us through the genesis of a film intertwining past and present which she sees as the starkest of her career  

25/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Review: Saints

Review: Saints

Mikel Gurrea’s sophomore feature peers into the hidden world of a gang stealing religious art, as seen through the eyes of his muse, Victoria Luengo  

25/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi • Directors of La bola negra

Interview: Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi • Directors of La bola negra

“Queer stories aren’t niche; they’re much bigger than that”

The Spanish directorial duo talk about their film’s major international success, their connection with young audiences, and the value of telling a story about love and memory  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026

Review: Milo

Review: Milo

Nicole Garcia hits the mark with a film carried by a dazzlingly sombre Marion Cotillard who plays a mother trying to reconnect with a son she barely knows  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Review: Tender Loving Care

Review: Tender Loving Care

What is potentially Mike Leigh’s last film is a spirited ode to both the good and the bad in life, told through the eyes of two sanguine social workers  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Roberto Bueso • Director of El mal padre

Interview: Roberto Bueso • Director of El mal padre

“I try not to slip into either coldness or mawkishness”

The Spanish filmmaker, who is competing for the Golden Shell, tackles issues such as toxic fatherhood, the fear of becoming like one’s parent and the dizzying prospect of procreation  

23/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

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