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2303 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 17/07/2025.

Haifaa al-Mansour • Director of The Perfect Candidate

Interview: Haifaa al-Mansour • Director of The Perfect Candidate

“It will take time to see actual change on the streets of Saudi Arabia”

VENICE 2019: Saudi filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour tells Cineuropa about her new work playing in competition at Venice, The Perfect Candidate  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Václav Marhoul • Director of The Painted Bird

Interview: Václav Marhoul • Director of The Painted Bird

“During these 11 years, I’ve had the best producer in the world: Václav Marhoul”

VENICE 2019: We chatted to Czech director Václav Marhoul about his gutsy and divisive competition entry, The Painted Bird  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Review: Gloria Mundi

Review: Gloria Mundi

VENICE 2019: Robert Guédiguian brings some much-needed humour to the main competition, none of which is intentional  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Roy Andersson  • Director of About Endlessness

Interview: Roy Andersson • Director of About Endlessness

“My agenda is having the audience wishing the film would never end – I feel I’ve almost succeeded”

VENICE 2019: We sat down with Sweden’s Roy Andersson to discuss his latest musing on existence, About Endlessness, screening in competition  

05/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Review: The Painted Bird

Review: The Painted Bird

VENICE 2019: Václav Marhoul's audaciously arty account of a suffering World War II boy walks a constant fine line between the sublime and the ridiculous  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Review: About Endlessness

Review: About Endlessness

VENICE 2019: Roy Andersson returns to the Lido with a film that provides muffled giggles, but which is hardly his best  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Pietro Marcello  • Director of Martin Eden

Interview: Pietro Marcello • Director of Martin Eden

“I tried to create fiction by drawing from all available resources, while maintaining a part of unpredictability”

VENICE 2019: Italian director Pietro Marcello is in competition with Martin Eden, inspired by Jack London’s famous 1908 novel  

03/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Review: Martin Eden

Review: Martin Eden

VENICE 2019: In his adaptation of Jack London’s masterpiece, Italian director Pietro Marcello efficiently combines fiction and archive material  

03/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Review: Wasp Network

Review: Wasp Network

VENICE 2019: An all-star cast travels from Cuba to Florida, but they can't stop Olivier Assayas from getting lost in this spy drama  

03/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Review: The Perfect Candidate

Review: The Perfect Candidate

VENICE 2019: For her fourth film, Haifaa al-Mansour delights in showing signs of progress being made on gender equality in Saudi Arabia  

03/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

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