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52 articles available in total starting from 15/05/2012. Last article published on 20/03/2025.

Flora Linghwa Huang • Director of The White Waters

Interview: Flora Linghwa Huang • Director of The White Waters

“I realised that I needed to put myself in the film and discover what identity meant for me”

In her project, the first-time Taiwanese director explores the lives of women who immigrated to her country through arranged marriage  

20/03 | Trieste 2025 | WEMW

Maria Nicollier • Director of Road’s End in Taiwan

Interview: Maria Nicollier • Director of Road’s End in Taiwan

“I wrote the script while travelling”

The Swiss director explains why she decided to shoot her film in Taiwan and what were the challenges of having actors with very different personalities working together  

04/02 | Solothurn 2025

Review: Road’s End in Taiwan

Review: Road’s End in Taiwan

Maria Nicollier chooses Taiwan, its lush nature and its contradictions, as the setting for her film, a family road movie led by three brothers who nevertheless don’t know each other  

28/01 | Solothurn 2025

Review: Sima’s Song

Review: Sima’s Song

The political eclipses the personal in Roya Sadat’s film about two friends living in Afghanistan on the eve of the 1978 Soviet invasion  

09/12/2024 | Red Sea 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Roya Sadat’s historical drama film Sima’s Song

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Roya Sadat’s historical drama film Sima’s Song

The movie, premiering at Tokyo, tells a tale of friendship and ideological clashes as two women navigate the complexities of Afghanistan's shifting political landscape  

09/10/2024 | Tokyo 2024

Review: Stranger Eyes

Review: Stranger Eyes

VENICE 2024: Singaporean director Yeo Siew Hua’s thriller finds a couple grieving after their daughter goes missing, with the country’s culture of mass surveillance holding the answer to the mystery  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Pia Marais • Director of Transamazonia

Interview: Pia Marais • Director of Transamazonia

“I like female characters who, a bit like Hitchcock’s, are hiding something underneath”

The South African-born director tells us about how she grappled with the paradoxes of the Amazon rainforest and her love for ambiguous female characters  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Transamazonia

Review: Transamazonia

Despite its fascinating aesthetics, Pia Marais’ latest feature fails to deliver a compelling tale owing to its confusing writing  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Nelicia Low • Director of Pierce

Interview: Nelicia Low • Director of Pierce

"As a sibling of a person with a mental issue, I know you're born into it and process it differently than an adult person"

The Singaporean filmmaker talks about her first feature, a thriller revolving around the ideals of brotherly love and the illusions that we project onto those close to us  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Pierce

Review: Pierce

In her psychological thriller, Nelicia Low showcases admirable control of cinematic language and storytelling  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

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