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Sarajevo 2023 / Competition

16 articles available in total starting from 27/01/2023. Last article published on 23/08/2023.

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Sudabeh Mortezai • Director of Europa

Interview: Sudabeh Mortezai • Director of Europa

"We don't have a script in real life"

The filmmaker discusses her new film, which follows a businesswoman on her work trip to rural Albania to facilitate a deal between the local landowners and the company she works for  

23/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Review: Europa

Review: Europa

Sudabeh Mortezai’s follow-up to the award-winning Joy is a blistering political drama set in Albania  

21/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Christina Ioakeimidi • Director of Medium

Interview: Christina Ioakeimidi • Director of Medium

"I wanted this story to transcend time and place"

The Greek director discusses her second film, which follows a young woman in love moving through the world in an insecure but steadfast way  

18/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Review: Medium

Review: Medium

Christina Ioakeimidi crafts a competent, emotional study of young love for her sophomore feature  

18/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Tudor Giurgiu & Cecilia Stefanescu • Director and writer of Libertate

Interview: Tudor Giurgiu & Cecilia Stefanescu • Director and writer of Libertate

"This particular episode about the chaos of the revolution in the aftermath of Ceaușescu's downfall is not well known in Romania"

The director and the screenwriter discuss their film, in which they explore the civil war-like events that took place in Sibiu during the last days of 1989's Romanian Revolution  

18/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Review: Libertate

Review: Libertate

Romanian helmer Tudor Giurgiu converts the real-life events of the Romanian Revolution in Sibiu into a thrilling, emotional and narrative-defying experience  

16/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Sofia Exarchou • Director of Animal

Interview: Sofia Exarchou • Director of Animal

“I like to start with reality, but then I want to create my own universe, one that will serve my story”

The Greek director, whose film plunges into the rarely seen universe of hotel and resort animators, discusses her approach, her research and her cast  

10/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Animal

Review: Animal

Sofia Exarchou returns with an incisive sophomore feature about Greek seasonal workers at an all-inclusive island resort  

03/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Vladimir Perišić • Director of Lost Country

Interview: Vladimir Perišić • Director of Lost Country

“I am trying to dissect and diagnose the violence in Serbian society”

CANNES 2023: The Serbian director returns to the Croisette with a film that has a strong personal dimension for him and an uncanny echo in the present reality of his home country  

26/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics’ Week

Elene Naveriani • Director of Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

Interview: Elene Naveriani • Director of Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

“I hope her character is empowering for others”

CANNES 2023: The Swiss-based director with Georgian origins speaks about their portrait of a mature woman that knows what she wants  

24/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Directors' Fortnight

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