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1230 articles available in total starting from 11/09/2002. Last article published on 13/06/2025.

Margarida Cardoso  • Director of Banzo

Interview: Margarida Cardoso • Director of Banzo

“One of the challenges of the film is that it takes place from the point of view of those in power”

In her new feature, the Portuguese director focuses on a little-discussed historical happening: the death of expatriated African workers owing to their longing for their homeland  

04/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Peter Hoogendoorn • Director of Three Days of Fish

Interview: Peter Hoogendoorn • Director of Three Days of Fish

“My work is often described as autobiographical, but I find that definition limiting”

The Dutch director breaks down his second feature, revealing the biographical connection to its plot  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Three Days of Fish

Review: Three Days of Fish

In his second feature, Dutch helmer Peter Hoogendoorn comes up with a minimalist and bittersweet family drama, playing with the ambiguity of the mutual affection between a father and son  

01/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Joren Molter • Director of Summer Brother

Interview: Joren Molter • Director of Summer Brother

“The most physically and mentally disabled person in the film is the one who can offer love and attention”

The first-time Dutch director explains the relationships between his characters and reflects on the complex notion of disability  

18/06/2024 | Transilvania 2024

Review: Summer Brother

Review: Summer Brother

Dutch director Joren Molter’s feature debut traces the subtle emotions of a boy who does not give up on tenderness despite the unloving environment he is fated to endure  

18/06/2024 | Transilvania 2024

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel • Director of Armand

Interview: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel • Director of Armand

“Making people uncomfortable might be something I just know how to do”

CANNES 2024: We caught up with the first Norwegian winner of the Caméra d’Or to discuss body language, discomfort and other aspects of his new film  

27/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Un Certain Regard

Review: To a Land Unknown

Review: To a Land Unknown

CANNES 2024: Mahdi Fleifel’s second feature is a migrant drama steeped in empathy, boasting an uncompromising lead performance by Mahmood Bakri  

25/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Mahdi Fleifel • Director of To a Land Unknown

Interview: Mahdi Fleifel • Director of To a Land Unknown

“I’m always intrigued by what it means to have no place where you belong”

CANNES 2024: The Palestinian-Danish director takes on the melancholy of exile as two Palestinian cousins get stranded in Greece  

24/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: All We Imagine as Light

Review: All We Imagine as Light

CANNES 2024: Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia has created a bewitching hybrid work that delves into the hearts of the women of her country and their longings for another world  

23/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Review: East of Noon

Review: East of Noon

CANNES 2024: In her sophomore feature, Hala Elkoussy crafts a chaotic folktale set in a bizarre theatre company ruled by a childish tyrant  

22/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

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