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843 articles available in total starting from 05/09/2002. Last article published on 23/07/2025.

Alberto Vázquez's Decorado heads to the Sitges Film Festival

Alberto Vázquez's Decorado heads to the Sitges Film Festival

The animated feature blends satire, surrealism, and dark humour to immerse viewers in a disturbing and absurd reality  

23/07 | Production | Funding | Spain/Portugal

João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life

Interview: João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life

"My main character is built on doubt, rather than certainty"

The Portuguese director unpicks his movie, which continues to build the fictional universe of Nicolau, a world he has developed since the character's childhood through short films  

18/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Review: Bulakna

Review: Bulakna

Leonor Noivo weaves a bridge between the Philippines and Europe, between the current economy and the colonial past, around two women and the work of exiled house maids  

11/07 | FIDMarseille 2025

Review: Magellan

Review: Magellan

Lav Diaz enjoys his first star collaboration in this epic focusing on the Age of Discovery, with Gael García Bernal playing the famed explorer Ferdinand Magellan  

09/07 | Filmfest München 2025

Review: The Luminous Life

Review: The Luminous Life

Lightly ironic and slightly subversive, João Rosas’ first feature is an easy film to watch, pairing his long-time protagonist with Lisbon as the other main character  

07/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Review: Honeyjoon

Review: Honeyjoon

Lilian T Mehrel’s relatable mother-daughter dramedy set on the Azores is a confident debut that will make you want to call your mum  

16/06 | Tribeca 2025

Pedro Pinho • Director of I Only Rest in the Storm

Interview: Pedro Pinho • Director of I Only Rest in the Storm

“I do a lot of casting on Instagram – I only created my account to cast!”

CANNES 2025: The Portuguese director sheds light on his epic, complex film, following a troubled NGO worker in Guinea-Bissau and his failing attempts to do good  

27/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Night Passengers

Review: Night Passengers

CANNES 2025: In his second feature, Pedro Cabeleira paints an urgent portrait of part of Portuguese society and of a struggling, almost helpless generation  

26/05 | Cannes 2025 | ACID

Tarzan Nasser • Director of Once Upon a Time in Gaza

Interview: Tarzan Nasser • Director of Once Upon a Time in Gaza

"Is the hero the one who gets the credit — or the one who endures and adapts to inhuman conditions?"

CANNES 2025: The Palestinian filmmaker, director of the film alongside with brother Arab, discusses their story of survival, politics and filmmaking set in the Gaza that existed a few years ago  

24/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Once Upon a Time in Gaza

Review: Once Upon a Time in Gaza

CANNES 2025: In their humanistic, precise and relaxed style, brothers Arab and Tarzan Nasser put together the true and the false, reality and fiction, genre cinema and geo-political x-ray  

19/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

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