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1247 articles available in total starting from 11/09/2002. Last article published on 13/08/2025.

Dane Komljen • Director of Desire Lines

Interview: Dane Komljen • Director of Desire Lines

“Branko’s character embodies a disobedient part of the human experience that resists being boxed in”

The Yugoslavia-born and Berlin-based director breaks down his third feature, which navigates between genres, identities, and both urban and natural spaces  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Rosanne Pel • Director of Donkey Days

Interview: Rosanne Pel • Director of Donkey Days

“The need for control comes from within a social construct that has been shaped over time”

The Dutch filmmaker speaks about her unconventional process for making her latest movie, zooming in on the internalised conflicts that many women face  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Desire Lines

Review: Desire Lines

The latest enigmatic film by Dane Komljen sees him tackling topics such as trauma, the uncertainty of identity and the unreliability of memory  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Becoming

Review: Becoming

Zhannat Alshanova tells the story of a seventeen-year-old girl grappling with an absent mother which heightens her desire to join a mysterious community of female swimmers  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Review: Donkey Days

Review: Donkey Days

Rosanne Pel’s sophomore feature tells the story of two sisters’ rivalry as they strive to earn their quirky mother’s love and attention  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: The Birthday Party

Review: The Birthday Party

Spanish helmer Miguel Ángel Jiménez stages a birthday extravaganza led by Willem Dafoe and based on Greek writer Panos Karnezis’s eponymous novel  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Piazza Grande

Irish-Dutch-Belgian co-production Whitetail set to bow at Toronto

Irish-Dutch-Belgian co-production Whitetail set to bow at Toronto

The Centrepiece title, billed as a slow-burning, emotionally charged drama film, marks Dutch helmer Nanouk Leopold’s return to fiction after 2018’s Cobain  

07/08 | Production | Funding | Ireland/Netherlands/Belgium

Review: Cutting Through Rocks

Review: Cutting Through Rocks

Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni’s hard-hitting doc follows the first elected councilwoman in a rural Iranian village, as she attempts to dismantle deeply rooted patriarchal structures  

29/07 | Giffoni 2025

Zaradasht Ahmed • Director of The Lions by the River Tigris

Interview: Zaradasht Ahmed • Director of The Lions by the River Tigris

“Human rights have lost their meaning – look at Gaza and Mosul. Who are we talking to any more?”

The Kurdish-Iraqi-Norwegian filmmaker shares behind-the-scenes details about his documentary, featuring citizens who act as guardians of cultural heritage in Mosul  

18/07 | Golden Apricot 2025

Dmytro Hreshko • Director of Divia

Interview: Dmytro Hreshko • Director of Divia

“I didn’t want it to resonate only with documentary experts who know all the nuances of cinema; I wanted something more accessible”

The Ukrainian director discusses choosing his film’s title, the difficulties he encountered while shooting and his intended target audience  

09/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

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