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11821 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 16/10/2026.

Victoria Verseau • Director of Trans Memoria

Interview: Victoria Verseau • Director of Trans Memoria

“The more I work with time, the less I understand it”

The Swedish artist and filmmaker talks about returning to Thailand and to her memories, and to the early stages of a (never-ending) transition  

09/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Alessandra Celesia • Director of The Flats

Interview: Alessandra Celesia • Director of The Flats

“Art can be a healing force, offering a positive way to process trauma”

The director gives us an in-depth overview of her documentary focusing on a housing estate in Belfast and its inhabitants, who are still coping with post-Troubles trauma  

09/07/2024 | Docs Ireland 2024

Review: Cabo Negro

Review: Cabo Negro

Abdellah Taïa’s sophomore feature is an excessively subtle queer tale, dominated by excruciating slowness and sketchy character development  

09/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Review: The Alienated

Review: The Alienated

Writer-director Anja Kreis’s long-awaited sophomore feature buckles under the weight of myriad references, moods and conceptual ambitions  

09/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Zhengfan Yang • Director of Stranger

Interview: Zhengfan Yang • Director of Stranger

“I don't need to belong to a certain place or country”

The Chinese-born director homes in on the hotel room as a non-space and epicentre of non-belonging  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Proxima

Claire Burger  • Director of Foreign Language

Interview: Claire Burger • Director of Foreign Language

“I wanted to show beautiful things amongst the youth, even if the current moment is complicated”

The French director talks about her second solo feature film, a vivid and subtle portrait of today’s youth  

05/07/2024 | BRIFF 2024

Review: Shukran

Review: Shukran

Debut filmmaker Pietro Malegori delivers an episode of the Syrian conflict shot with emotional involvement and civil passion but little means  

05/07/2024 | Films | Reviews | Italy/France

Noaz Deshe  • Director of Xoftex

Interview: Noaz Deshe • Director of Xoftex

"I wanted to document the progression of the mental state of stateless people in a refugee camp"

The director tells us more about his new film, in which he portrays refugees filming satirical sketches and preparing for a zombie horror flick while awaiting immigration interviews in a Greek camp  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

George Sikharulidze  • Director of Panopticon

Interview: George Sikharulidze • Director of Panopticon

"I was interested in exploring the clash between a young boy's soul and his exploding sexuality"

The Georgian filmmaker discusses his first film, about an introvert teenager embarking on a journey of self-discovery, opening up both to an ultra-right organisation and his own sexuality  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Miguel Gomes’s Cannes hit Grand Tour sells big worldwide

Miguel Gomes’s Cannes hit Grand Tour sells big worldwide

The Match Factory has closed a raft of deals with key territories including Spain, Poland, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea and Australia  

05/07/2024 | Industry | Market | Portugal/Italy/France/Germany/Japan/China

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