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56 articles available in total starting from 28/03/2014. Last article published on 29/09/2025.

Laura Baumeister • Director of What Follows Is My Death

Interview: Laura Baumeister • Director of What Follows Is My Death

“We could say that talking about the ‘female gaze’ of women auteurs is another kind of narrative restraint”

We talked to the Nicaraguan director, a two-time winner of the DALE! (Latin America-Europe Development) Award at the Co-Production Forum, about her new project  

29/09 | San Sebastián 2025 | San Sebastián Industry

Ana Cristina Barragán • Director of The Ivy

Interview: Ana Cristina Barragán • Director of The Ivy

“Ivy is a plant that is beautiful but also toxic; that duality really interested me”

VENICE 2025: The Ecuadorian director discusses the sensory approach, working with actors and the formal decisions behind her film  

09/09 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Review: The Ivy

Review: The Ivy

VENICE 2025: Ana Cristina Barragán’s intimate portrait of healing is an emotionally raw story hinging on the relationship between a 30-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy  

03/09 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Javier Polo • Director of Pet Peeves

Interview: Javier Polo • Director of Pet Peeves

“We cannot escape ourselves”

The Spanish filmmaker reflects on the challenges of production, the experience of directing seasoned actors, and the need to let go of references to find your own style  

27/06 | Cinema Jove 2025

Review: Pet Peeves

Review: Pet Peeves

Javier Polo’s film is made up of five brief and somewhat brutal stories that use dark humour, surrealism and irony to poke fun at our common misfortunes  

26/06 | Cinema Jove 2025

Review: Beef

Review: Beef

Ingride Santos makes her feature directorial debut with a film about the struggles of rappers, exploring their neighbourhoods, machismo and the challenges of racial integration  

27/05 | Films | Reviews | Spain/Mexico

Diego Luna directing his fourth fiction film, A Mouthful of Ash

Diego Luna directing his fourth fiction film, A Mouthful of Ash

The Mexican actor is working in his home country and Spain as he helms this immigration drama based on a book by Brenda Navarro, toplined by Anna Díaz and Adriana Paz  

17/03 | Production | Funding | Spain/Mexico

Laura Casabé • Director of The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

Interview: Laura Casabé • Director of The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

“I wanted to show my own modern pop witches”

In her new film, the Argentinian director compels you to believe that women have special powers  

03/02 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

Review: The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

Laura Casabé reimagines Mariana Enríquez’s gothic tales as a blend of folk horror, social drama and a dark exploration of adolescence set amidst Argentina’s 2001 economic collapse  

28/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Dora García • Director of (Revolution, Fulfil Your Promise) Red Love

Interview: Dora García • Director of (Revolution, Fulfil Your Promise) Red Love

“Trans women have never been a threat, and it’s such bullshit to think they are”

The Spanish artist and filmmaker unpicks her Visions du Réel-awarded film, which draws parallels between Russian historical figure Alexandra Kollontai and contemporary Mexican struggles  

12/11/2024 | Zinebi 2024

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