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10940 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 15/08/2025.

Review: Sisterhood

Review: Sisterhood

Nora El Hourch’s film is a direct yet subtle and effective film about a wonderful friendship undermined by the paradoxes of the fight against sexual violence and by social differences  

12/09/2023 | Toronto 2023 | Platform

Review: Not a Word

Review: Not a Word

Drenched in atmospheric tension and brimming with raw emotional undercurrents, Hanna Slak’s latest film is a thriller-drama tackling coming-of-age traumas  

12/09/2023 | Toronto 2023 | Platform

Sébastien Vaniček • Director of Vermin

Interview: Sébastien Vaniček • Director of Vermin

"I wanted to explore people being judged solely based on appearances and on origins"

VENICE 2023: The French director chatted with us about his energy-filled first feature, which uses a horror film exterior to explore the malaise of young people living in the inner city suburbs  

11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Critics' Week

Marco Amenta • Director of Anna

Interview: Marco Amenta • Director of Anna

"The violence perpetrated against the film's protagonist is comparable with the brutality of the way the land is treated"

VENICA 2023: The director discusses his film, which tells of the one-woman fight undertaken by a young Sardinian, who strives to protect her land from unbridled urban construction  

11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Gianluca Matarrese  • Director of The Zola Experience

Interview: Gianluca Matarrese • Director of The Zola Experience

"What fascinates me about cinema is the creative process"

VENICE 2023: The director follows the trials and tribulations of a theatre director getting to grips with the preparations for his new show and with a new romantic partner  

11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Alix Delaporte  • Director of On the Pulse

Interview: Alix Delaporte • Director of On the Pulse

“My characters are all vivants – full of joy, of energy, of passion”

VENICE 2023: The French director homes in on an energetic editorial desk at a Paris television news station, where she follows a young intern  

11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Out of Competition

Review: The Zola Experience

Review: The Zola Experience

VENICE 2023: Gianluca Matarrese’s new film follows the vicissitudes of a theatre director who sees her private life intertwining with the story of her new play  

11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Adrien Beau  • Director of The Vourdalak

Interview: Adrien Beau • Director of The Vourdalak

"I wanted to create a vampire who exudes an artisanal and childlike air"

VENICE 2023: The French director spoke to us about his debut feature film, which was adapted from a vampire novella written by Russian author Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy  

11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | International Critics’ Week

Review: Phantom Youth

Review: Phantom Youth

VENICE 2023: Luàna Bajrami crafts a decent portrayal of Kosovar youth in the mid-2000s, but the narrative gains depth and ups the intrigue only during the second half of the picture  

11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Orizzonti Extra

Review: Spirit of Ecstasy

Review: Spirit of Ecstasy

Héléna Klotz thrusts a class defector into the ruthless world of trading and algorithms, creating an extraordinary, modern-day heroine for a fascinating film  

11/09/2023 | Toronto 2023 | Platform

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