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1715 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 18/08/2025.

Alexandra Simpson • Director of No Sleep Till

Interview: Alexandra Simpson • Director of No Sleep Till

“This wait for something bigger than you was something that I wanted to be palpable from the very beginning”

VENICE 2024: The half-French, half-US filmmaker chats to us about hurricanes, Florida and finding the beauty in disaster  

03/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

Review: No Sleep Till

Review: No Sleep Till

VENICE 2024: It’s hurricane season in the Sunshine State in Alexandra Simpson’s meandering but mesmerising feature debut, which is never short on vibes  

03/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

Amos Gitai • Director of Why War

Interview: Amos Gitai • Director of Why War

“I would like to embrace the idea of the filmmaker or the artist as a healer”

VENICE 2024: The Israeli director offers a kaleidoscopic film essay on war, fuelled by a historic exchange of letters between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud  

31/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: The Antique

Review: The Antique

VENICE 2024: The second feature by Rusudan Glurijdze portrays the encounter between two generations and two people, against the backdrop of the mass deportations of Georgians from Russia in 2006  

31/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Why War

Review: Why War

VENICE 2024: In his philosophical film essay, Israeli director Amos Gitai tries to explore the root of mankind’s lust for war and destruction  

31/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Poster and first clip for Venice Giornate degli Autori entry The Antique

EXCLUSIVE: Poster and first clip for Venice Giornate degli Autori entry The Antique

The new film by Rusudan Glurjidze recounts the tragic measures taken against the Georgian people in St Petersburg in 2006  

29/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Mother Mara

Review: Mother Mara

A romance blossoms between a grieving middle-aged woman and her son’s friend in Mirjana Karanović’s second directorial effort  

22/08/2024 | Sarajevo 2024 | Out of Competition

Denise Fernandes • Director of Hanami

Interview: Denise Fernandes • Director of Hanami

“The location was like a canvas that allowed me to explore creativity unhindered”

The Swiss-Cape Verdean director unpicks her coming-of-age story set on the shores of Cape Verde and explains how the landscape inspired her  

20/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Cineasti del Presente

Toxic wins the Golden Leopard at Locarno

Toxic wins the Golden Leopard at Locarno

The festival has elevated two courageous Lithuanian directors, Saulė Bliuvaitė and Laurynas Bareiša, to the highest podium, along with the equally radical Kurdish-Austrian director Kurdwin Ayub  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Awards

REPORT: Swiss Films Previews @ Locarno Pro 2024

REPORT: Swiss Films Previews @ Locarno Pro 2024

Swiss Films presents five previews of feature films expected between the end of 2024 and early 2025  

19/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Locarno Pro

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