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200 articles available in total starting from 17/06/2005. Last article published on 30/10/2025.

Aboozar Amini  • Director of Kabul, Between Prayers

Interview: Aboozar Amini • Director of Kabul, Between Prayers

“What struck me most on this return to Kabul was exhaustion — people are tired, not just physically, but historically”

The filmmaker, who left Afghanistan in 2001, breaks down how he made the second part of his documentary trilogy about Kabul  

30/10 | Astra 2025

Vanja d’Alcantara • Director of Cap Farewell

Interview: Vanja d’Alcantara • Director of Cap Farewell

"I almost feel a responsibility to make optimistic films"

The Belgian director chatted with us about her third feature film, a family-focused drama about the emancipatory trajectory of a young woman who needs to start over from zero  

14/10 | Namur 2025

Review: Cap Farewell

Review: Cap Farewell

Belgian filmmaker Vanja d’Alcantara delivers a family drama borrowing from film noir and unfolding against a backdrop of female emancipation  

10/10 | Namur 2025

Review: Skiff

Review: Skiff

Cecilia Verheyden delivers a tender and resonant coming-of-age tale, culminating in a final act that lingers thanks to its brutal honesty  

03/10 | Films | Reviews | Belgium/Netherlands/Sweden

Stephan De Potter, Marc Smit • Distributors, Cinéart

Interview: Stephan De Potter, Marc Smit • Distributors, Cinéart

“We try to select films that provide meaning and open people’s eyes to certain realities of life”

We head to the Netherlands and Belgium to speak to the pair of distributors about the particulars of working across the Benelux region  

30/09 | Distributor of the Month

Cato Kusters • Director of Julian

Interview: Cato Kusters • Director of Julian

“We wanted the texture of the film to resemble the texture of memory and memories”

We met with the young Flemish filmmaker to discuss her first fiction feature, adapted from the book by the LGBTQ+ artist and activist Fleur Pierets  

09/09 | Toronto 2025 | Discovery

Review: Julian

Review: Julian

Cato Kusters’ first feature film offers up a pointillist story of love and poignant grief, advancing at the hurried pace of her protagonist’s memories  

08/09 | Toronto 2025 | Discovery

Review: Kabul, Between Prayers

Review: Kabul, Between Prayers

VENICE 2025: Aboozar Amini’s sophomore feature-length documentary adopts a gentle approach to exploring the lives of two brothers shaped by Kabul under the Taliban  

05/09 | Venice 2025 | Out of Competition

Irish-Dutch-Belgian co-production Whitetail set to bow at Toronto

Irish-Dutch-Belgian co-production Whitetail set to bow at Toronto

The Centrepiece title, billed as a slow-burning, emotionally charged drama film, marks Dutch helmer Nanouk Leopold’s return to fiction after 2018’s Cobain  

07/08 | Production | Funding | Ireland/Netherlands/Belgium

Review: Welded Together

Review: Welded Together

Anastasiya Miroshnichenko’s documentary follows a strong young woman who fights to weld her family back together while grappling with her mother's alcoholism  

23/06 | Sheffield Doc Fest 2025

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