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204 articles available in total starting from 06/05/2010. Last article published on 09/09/2025.

Dominic Sangma  • Director of Rapture

Interview: Dominic Sangma • Director of Rapture

“We need to stop, pause and see what's really happening behind the veil of fear”

The Indian director enlightens us on the ways of translating the past into a cinematic, fictional present  

17/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del presente

Review: Rapture

Review: Rapture

Indian director Dominic Sangma explores fear and societal tensions in his sophomore feature  

11/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del presente

Review: Excursion

Review: Excursion

Una Gunjak’s powerful debut film shows adolescence for what it really is: an endless search for meaning and for that spark which turns banal, everyday life into a boundless adventure  

07/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del Presente

Kamal Lazraq • Director of Hounds

Interview: Kamal Lazraq • Director of Hounds

"It’s still a Moroccan film: it’s tragic, funny, weird, sometimes violent, sometimes mystical"

A gripping movie set in the slums of Casablanca and awarded the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in Cannes, the Moroccan filmmaker’s first feature is about to hit French cinemas  

18/07/2023 | /France/Morocco/Belgium/Qatar

Vlad Petri  • Director of Between Revolutions

Interview: Vlad Petri • Director of Between Revolutions

“I consider that the most important revolutions of the second half of the 20th century happened in Iran and Romania”

The Romanian filmmaker reveals the cultural inspiration and the factual research underpinning his fictionalised, poetic documentary  

20/06/2023 | Transilvania 2023

Review: Hounds

Review: Hounds

CANNES 2023: Kamal Lazraq’s debut feature is a gritty crime-drama set in the suburbs of Casablanca, enriched by the presence of sharp dialogue and a microcosm of ruthless characters  

19/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Inshallah a Boy

Review: Inshallah a Boy

CANNES 2023: In this debut feature by Jordanian director Amjad Al Rasheed, a widow contends with the country’s patriarchal inheritance laws, as her only child is a daughter  

18/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics’ Week

Amanda Nell Eu • Director of Tiger Stripes

Interview: Amanda Nell Eu • Director of Tiger Stripes

“As women, we should be proud of our bodies”

CANNES 2023: The debuting director proves that every girl should show off her tiger stripes and strive to find joy again  

17/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics’ Week

Review: Tiger Stripes

Review: Tiger Stripes

CANNES 2023: Malaysia's Amanda Nell Eu drills down into the turmoil of female puberty with a refreshing first feature film where genres collide and society is playfully mocked  

17/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Critics' Week

Review: Between Revolutions

Review: Between Revolutions

BERLINALE 2023: Vlad Petri’s documentary provides a compelling look back at the history of both Romania and Iran  

28/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Forum

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