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638 articles available in total starting from 18/07/2003. Last article published on 19/02/2026.

Review: Dao

Review: Dao

BERLINALE 2026: Alain Gomis delivers an astonishing cinematic experience intertwining time and space, Africa and France, tradition and modernity in fiction  

14/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Leyla Bouzid • Director of In a Whisper

Interview: Leyla Bouzid • Director of In a Whisper

"I wanted the film to take us from an investigation to an examination, and from an external examination to a personal one"

BERLINALE 2026: The Tunisian filmmaker sheds light on the secrets unveiled in her new work which explores an incredibly personal exploration brought about by a family member’s death  

14/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Review: Yellow Letters

Review: Yellow Letters

BERLINALE 2026: Ilker Çatak reconstructs Turkey to dissect the ambivalent facets of art and life, political oppression, education and couples' relationships  

13/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Review: In a Whisper

Review: In a Whisper

BERLINALE 2026: Leyla Bouzid delivers a sophisticated feature film revolving around an intimate, chiaroscuro investigation into a Tunisian family and their secrets, lies and things left unsaid  

13/02 | Berlinale 2026 | Competition

Abu Bakr Shawky • Director of The Stories

Interview: Abu Bakr Shawky • Director of The Stories

"Everybody is the hero of their own story"

We spoke to the Egyptian-Austrian filmmaker about portraying small people in big times, and the sacrifices needed to tell such a tale  

24/11/2025 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

Review: The Stories

Review: The Stories

Abu Bakr Shawky retells the tumultuous history of Egypt in the second half of the 20th century in an audience-friendly way, as seen from the perspectives of a couple and an extended family  

18/11/2025 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

José Luis Guerín • Director of Good Valley Stories

Interview: José Luis Guerín • Director of Good Valley Stories

“I can only conceive of filming out of affection”

The filmmaker returns to the festival where he previously triumphed and talks about young directors, the human diversity that populates his new film and how much he hates drones  

29/09/2025 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

Review: Good Valley Stories

Review: Good Valley Stories

José Luis Guerín returns with another humanist non-fiction film, populated by real people – multicultural residents of a district on the outskirts of Barcelona  

29/09/2025 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

Alice Winocour, Louis Garrel • Director of and actor in Couture

Interview: Alice Winocour, Louis Garrel • Director of and actor in Couture

“The film is really about this immediate connection you can have with someone coming from another world”

The director and actor share their understanding of the movie’s intricate themes of body politics, sexuality and finding connections in seemingly different lived experiences  

26/09/2025 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

Olmo Omerzu • Director of Ungrateful Beings

Interview: Olmo Omerzu • Director of Ungrateful Beings

“The drama in the film is based around white lies, but then lies become bigger and darker”

The Czech filmmaker challenges the limits of what’s right and wrong in the story of two separated fathers who struggle to save their older teenage daughter’s life  

26/09/2025 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

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