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8 articles available in total starting from 07/07/2021. Last article published on 15/10/2025.

Thomas Stuber’s new feature, The Frog and the Water, set to bow at Tallinn Black Nights

Thomas Stuber’s new feature, The Frog and the Water, set to bow at Tallinn Black Nights

The helmer’s latest endeavour, playing in the Estonian festival’s main competition, is about finding companionship in the most unlikely places  

15/10 | Production | Funding | Germany/Switzerland/Japan

Review: White Flag

Review: White Flag

With his sophomore feature, Swiss-Mongolian filmmaker Batbayar Chogsom sheds light on the marginalisation of queerness in Mongolia  

21/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition

Batbayar Chogsom • Director of White Flag

Interview: Batbayar Chogsom • Director of White Flag

"In this film, nobody loses anything, but they do find something - their real selves"

The Mongolian director delves into his Tallinn Competition entry, which hinges on two young women trying to start a new life in the steppe as nomads  

19/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition

Élise Girard • Director of Sidonie in Japan

Interview: Élise Girard • Director of Sidonie in Japan

"I wanted to show the end of mourning, and love returning"

VENICE 2023: The French filmmaker directs Isabelle Huppert in her third feature, portraying a trip to Japan, where the visible exists alongside the invisible  

05/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Sidonie in Japan

Review: Sidonie in Japan

VENICE 2023: Following in the wake of Isabelle Huppert, Élise Girard imposes her own trademark aerial cinematography, travelling in Japan and exploring the contours and the echoes of reality  

01/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Arami Ullón prepares her third feature film, which will take place in Japan

Arami Ullón prepares her third feature film, which will take place in Japan

After setting her first two feature films in Paraguay, the director explores a very particular mourning practice, that of the “wind phone”  

01/06/2023 | Switzerland/Paraguay/Japan

Leos Carax: “When I was young, I wanted to make films with music, but music spurned me”

Leos Carax: “When I was young, I wanted to make films with music, but music spurned me”

The Bif&st masterclass leader and director of Annette, which won Best Direction in Cannes, speaks about his project’s lengthy gestation, his actors and his specific work approach  

01/10/2021 | Bif&st 2021

Review: Annette

Review: Annette

CANNES 2021: Part-prestige production, part-cult curio, Leos Carax’s weird creation is a Cannes opener to remember  

07/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

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