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42 articles available in total starting from 19/05/2025. Last article published on 17/11/2025.

Loris G Nese • Director of A Near Thing

Interview: Loris G Nese • Director of A Near Thing

“I looked for alternative forms to express the impossibility of depicting the feelings and paths I’d experienced”

The Italian director discusses his documentary, in which he looks to reconstruct the memories he doesn’t have of his father, who was killed in a feud when the former was only 4 years old  

17/11 | /Italy

Review: A State Film

Review: A State Film

Roland Sejko’s documentary examines the propaganda machine employed by Enver Hoxha in Albania, which speaks to the current Trumpian approach of constant, aggressive communications  

30/10 | Jihlava 2025

Review: Be Loved

Review: Be Loved

Elisa Amoruso’s new film charts two women’s paths toward motherhood – and their free choice – in a work that’s both intimate and socially minded  

15/10 | Films | Reviews | Italy

Massimiliano Battistella • Director of Dom

Interview: Massimiliano Battistella • Director of Dom

"When you’re telling certain stories, it’s important to question your ethical motivations, to listen, and to try to stay one step behind"

VENICE 2025: The Italian director's film tells the story of Mirela Hodo, who was a child during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, travelling from Dom Bjelave orphanage to Romagna, and back again  

12/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Giovanni Troilo • Director of Life Beyond the Pine Curtain – America the Invisible

Interview: Giovanni Troilo • Director of Life Beyond the Pine Curtain – America the Invisible

“Beyond that curtain of trees there’s a Texas which defies clichés”

VENICE 2025: The Italian director chats about his documentary, revealing the undiscovered region of East Texas which voted for Trump  

12/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Bonifacio Angius  • Director of Confession - How I Found Out I Wouldn’t Make the Revolution

Interview: Bonifacio Angius • Director of Confession - How I Found Out I Wouldn’t Make the Revolution

"Telling my story in an overly serious way would have been unbearable"

VENICE 2025: Starring Edoardo Pesce and Geppi Cucciari, the Sardinian director’s film reflects upon his past, following in the footsteps of Federico Fellini’s 8 ½  

10/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Tekla Taidelli  • Director of 6:06

Interview: Tekla Taidelli • Director of 6:06

“This film is a manifesto for disillusioned youths post-Covid"

VENICE 2025: The Italian director returns with a work on the cycle of addiction and depression, enlightened on this occasion by a different, hopeful angle  

10/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Gianni Di Gregorio  • Director of Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't

Interview: Gianni Di Gregorio • Director of Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't

"My character remains the central pivot, but I thought it was more interesting to talk about all ages, even children"

VENICE 2025: The Italian director once again takes on the role of a teacher who, once he has retired, plans to enjoy the little pleasures in life  

09/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Lana Daher • Director of Do You Love Me

Interview: Lana Daher • Director of Do You Love Me

"In Lebanon we do have a lot of pain but we also have a lot of art, music and love"

VENICE 2025: The Lebanese helmer casts an eye over the fragmented historical, social, cultural and political landscapes of Beirut in her debut feature-length documentary  

09/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Gabriel Azorín • Director of Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes

Interview: Gabriel Azorín • Director of Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes

"Those thermal baths have a magical quality, they are the perfect place to create intimacy"

VENICE 2025: In his feature debut, the Spanish director broaches the topic of masculinity in all its fragility, in a place suspended between past and present  

09/09 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

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