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140 articles available in total starting from 02/10/2002. Last article published on 04/06/2025.

Kamal Aljafari • Director of A Fidai Film

Interview: Kamal Aljafari • Director of A Fidai Film

"This film is not only about Palestine, but about any place that has been occupied and any people subjected to oppression"

The Palestinian director talks about his feature built from archival images looted by the Israeli army that the filmmaker reworked to express the reality of oppression his people are experiencing  

28/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Sacha Amaral • Director of The Pleasure Is Mine

Interview: Sacha Amaral • Director of The Pleasure Is Mine

“I’ve always had in mind an ambiguous character who doesn’t know the meaning of his path yet but wants something”

The Buenos Aires-based Brazilian director discusses the desires and motivations of his enigmatic 20-year-old protagonist  

28/11/2024 | Gijón 2024

Review: The Pleasure Is Mine

Review: The Pleasure Is Mine

Brazilian director Sacha Amaral’s debut feature is a vibrant portrait of a young man who desires nothing and everything at the same time  

27/11/2024 | Gijón 2024

Paolo Marinou-Blanco • Director of Dreaming of Lions

Interview: Paolo Marinou-Blanco • Director of Dreaming of Lions

"How do we answer the question of what makes life worth living?"

The Portuguese director shares some insights into his film, a surreal and heartwarming comedy about euthanasia  

26/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Critics' Picks

Review: Dreaming of Lions

Review: Dreaming of Lions

Portuguese director Paolo Marinou-Blanco’s satirical black comedy imagines a motivational seminar to help the terminally ill end their lives  

19/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Critics’ Picks

Review: A Fidai Film

Review: A Fidai Film

Kamal Aljafari manipulates and reassembles archive footage from the Palestine Research Center, which was seized by Israel in 1982, to highlight its propagandistic use by the State of Israeli  

15/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Germany’s Beta Film and Brazil’s Grupo Globo announce joint development of the crime-drama series Discipline

Germany’s Beta Film and Brazil’s Grupo Globo announce joint development of the crime-drama series Discipline

The eight-hour show marks the beginning of a multi-year partnership between the two content powerhouses  

22/10/2024 | Production | Funding | Germany/Brazil

Francisco Lezama • Director of The Two Landscapes

Interview: Francisco Lezama • Director of The Two Landscapes

“Comedy can adhere to reality more strongly than costumbrismo or realism”

The Argentinian director discusses his next project, which was presented with the DALE! (Latin America-Europe Development) Award in the Europe-Latin American Co-production Forum  

30/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | San Sebastián Industry

Review: Zafari

Review: Zafari

Mariana Rondón delivers a dystopian tale set in a semi-abandoned zoo in a city reminiscent of Caracas, in a metaphor for the run-down reality of modern-day Venezuelan society  

26/09/2024 | San Sebastian 2024 | Horizontes Latinos

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Zafari by Mariana Rondón

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Zafari by Mariana Rondón

The fourth feature by the director, who won the Golden Shell for Bad Hair, will be shown in the Horizontes Latinos section of the San Sebastián Film Festival  

20/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Horizontes Latinos

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