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277 articles available in total starting from 24/04/2006. Last article published on 18/02/2026.

Dominik Locher and Honeylyn Joy Alipio • Director and screenwriter of Enjoy Your Stay

Interview: Dominik Locher and Honeylyn Joy Alipio • Director and screenwriter of Enjoy Your Stay

“From Filipino cinema I learned the importance of an ensemble, in which everyone matters - my European background tends to follow one protagonist"

BERLINALE 2026: The Swiss director and the Filipino screenwriter talk about their research process and their inter-cultural collaboration  

18/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Review: Enjoy Your Stay

Review: Enjoy Your Stay

BERLINALE 2026: Dominik Locher lays bare the devastating realities of undocumented workers in a Swiss resort town through a fictional tale of physical and psychological endurance  

16/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Panorama

Review: The Arab

Review: The Arab

Malek Bensmail makes his feature-length fiction debut with a parallel tale of Camus’ The Stranger, which tells the story from the perspective of the slain man’s brother  

03/02 | IFFR 2026 | Big Screen Competition

Gabriela Bussmann, Yan Decoppet • Producers of Tropical Malaise

Interview: Gabriela Bussmann, Yan Decoppet • Producers of Tropical Malaise

"Between resistance, solidarity and visual power, the film is a vibrant testament to resilience and cultural survival"

The driving forces behind Swiss company GoldenEgg Production shed light on their project, which is directed by Jorge Cadena and which scooped the Coprocity Development Award  

29/01 | Coprocity 2025

Irene Iborra Rizo • Director of Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake

Interview: Irene Iborra Rizo • Director of Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake

"It’s better to talk about problems rather than hide them — even when the audience is children"

The Spanish director speaks about using animation to openly address social issues, even for young audiences, and about stop motion as a personal way of making cinema  

22/01 | European Film Awards 2026

Review: Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake

Review: Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake

The stop-motion film with which Irene Iborra makes her feature directorial debut invites us to use our imagination as an infallible weapon against cruel and unjust reality  

14/01 | Films | Reviews | Spain/France/Belgium/Switzerland/Chile

Review: My Father's Scent

Review: My Father's Scent

Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Siam’s first narrative feature is an intense family drama that urgently questions the roots of conventional values  

09/12/2025 | Cinemamed 2025

Mohamed Siam • Director of My Father’s Scent

Interview: Mohamed Siam • Director of My Father’s Scent

“I wanted to capture that moment when a child sees their parent not as an authority figure, but as a complex, vulnerable human being”

The Egyptian filmmaker breaks down his story of an intimate and raw exchange between two protagonists at their wits' end  

09/12/2025 | Cinemamed 2025

Marie-Elsa Sgualdo • Director of Silent Rebellion

Interview: Marie-Elsa Sgualdo • Director of Silent Rebellion

"We went back in time to explore just how complicated it was for women to assert their autonomy"

The Swiss filmmaker looks back on the making of her first feature, a period drama charting the courageous path to emancipation walked by a very young woman during the Second World War  

12/11/2025 | Arras 2025

The Francophone Co-production Meetings unveil 25 projects

The Francophone Co-production Meetings unveil 25 projects

Organised by Film Fund Luxembourg, the 21st edition of the event will take place in Luxembourg from 28-31 October  

17/10/2025 | Industry | Market | Luxembourg

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