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1559 articles available in total starting from 21/08/2002. Last article published on 10/06/2025.

Mladen Kovačević • Director of Possibility of Paradise

Interview: Mladen Kovačević • Director of Possibility of Paradise

"There is a very loose connection to Dante in this film, to the Divine Comedy, which for me is the story of an existential crisis"

VENICE 2024: The Serbian director paints the portrait of a diverse array of people in search of happiness on an idyllic island  

11/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Basileia

Review: Basileia

VENICE 2024: In her feature debut, Italy’s Isabella Torre creates an eerie, if somewhat unpolished, supernatural eco-thriller  

09/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Olha Zhurba • Director of Songs of Slow Burning Earth

Interview: Olha Zhurba • Director of Songs of Slow Burning Earth

“The war is already part of our daily lives, and we, as artists, can't do anything else but portray it”

VENICE 2024: The Ukrainian documentarian discusses how she depicts the long-term effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War on her people  

09/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: Songs of Slow Burning Earth

Review: Songs of Slow Burning Earth

VENICE 2024: In her sophomore feature-length documentary, Olha Zhurba explores the ramifications of the Russo-Ukrainian War for the Ukrainian people  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: Possibility of Paradise

Review: Possibility of Paradise

VENICE 2024: The latest effort by prolific Serbian filmmaker Mladen Kovačević is an impressive observational documentary set in Bali, with a narrative that’s quite open to interpretation  

03/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Thomas Vinterberg • Director of Families Like Ours

Interview: Thomas Vinterberg • Director of Families Like Ours

“You could say that we inspired COVID, rather than the other way around”

VENICE 2024: The acclaimed director talks about his choice of subject, his creative process and whether there’s a Danish film wave still out there  

03/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Series review: Families Like Ours

Series review: Families Like Ours

VENICE 2024: In his heartfelt debut miniseries, Thomas Vinterberg sends six million Danes off towards homelessness and statelessness  

02/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Göran Hugo Olsson • Director of Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989

Interview: Göran Hugo Olsson • Director of Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989

"It was old hat, they reasoned, void of topical importance. Which all changed, of course, on 7 October"

The filmmaker tells us about the genesis of his project reconstituting the history of Israel and Palestine through Swedish TV footage, and his hopes for the film  

30/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Alexandros Avranas • Director of Quiet Life

Interview: Alexandros Avranas • Director of Quiet Life

“At some point, given what is happening to the environment, we might all become refugees”

VENICE 2024: The Greek director outlines the mysterious syndrome affecting refugee children as well as other topics tackled in his film  

30/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Review: Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989

Review: Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989

VENICE 2024: Göran Hugo Olsson’s doc is essentially a 200-minute showreel digging into the causes and effects of the political, military and societal crises involving the two countries  

30/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

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