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704 articles available in total starting from 03/07/2002. Last article published on 08/09/2025.

Review: The Empire

Review: The Empire

BERLINALE 2024: Featuring lightsabres, spaceships and a war between Good and Evil set in an everyday human context, Bruno Dumont delivers a hilarious satire to be taken with a pinch of salt  

19/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Review: Maydegol

Review: Maydegol

BERLINALE 2024: Iran's Sarvnaz Alambeigi delivers a bitter and moving documentary about a 19-year-old exiled Afghan girl, a thai boxing practitioner in a relentless and desperate quest for freedom  

18/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

Aslı Özarslan • Director of Elbow

Interview: Aslı Özarslan • Director of Elbow

“There is this young generation looking for answers and reclaiming their power; I have hope for them”

BERLINALE 2024: A young runaway learns some harsh truths, and breaks free, in this film based on the novel by Fatma Aydemir  

18/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Generation

Review: Faruk

Review: Faruk

BERLINALE 2024: Aslı Özge returns to docu-fiction and her native city of Istanbul, creating an engaging, personal story with a strong political and social aspect  

18/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

Review: My Favourite Cake

Review: My Favourite Cake

BERLINALE 2024: Directorial duo Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha craft a straightforward but heartfelt dramedy of love and resistance against patriarchy in old age  

17/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Lilian Hess • Director of Duchampiana

Interview: Lilian Hess • Director of Duchampiana

“Immersive media offer a really interesting opportunity to involve the body in the story”

The German artist and filmmaker explains her immersive project inspired by a Marcel Duchamp masterpiece, now awarded by Eurimages  

05/02/2024 | IFFR 2024 | IFFR Pro

Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha’s My Favourite Cake to premiere in the Berlinale Competition

Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha’s My Favourite Cake to premiere in the Berlinale Competition

The film, previously selected for the New Dawn scheme, tells the story of an ageing woman who dares to live out her desires in a country where women’s rights are often curtailed  

31/01/2024 | Production | Funding | Iran/France/Sweden/Germany

Ishan Shukla • Director of Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

Interview: Ishan Shukla • Director of Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

“I wanted to be able to talk about politics and spirituality in a very open way, without pointing guns at anyone”

The Indian director breaks down his exuberant and dystopian animation, also giving an insight into his cultural influences  

31/01/2024 | IFFR 2024 | Bright Future

Review: A Picture to Remember

Review: A Picture to Remember

Olga Chernykh delivers a lyrical exploration of her heritage in the Donbass, offering up a war diary and linking it with her family’s story by way of images from their own personal archive  

30/01/2024 | Trieste 2024

Review: Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

Review: Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

Indian director Ishan Shukla's animated dystopian sci-fi feature combines staples of the sub-genre with Eastern spirituality, resulting in a somewhat jumbled but undeniably impressive debut  

28/01/2024 | IFFR 2024 | Bright Future

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