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53 articles available in total starting from 05/09/2002. Last article published on 13/08/2025.

Margarida Cardoso  • Director of Banzo

Interview: Margarida Cardoso • Director of Banzo

“One of the challenges of the film is that it takes place from the point of view of those in power”

In her new feature, the Portuguese director focuses on a little-discussed historical happening: the death of expatriated African workers owing to their longing for their homeland  

04/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Miguel Gomes • Director of Grand Tour

Interview: Miguel Gomes • Director of Grand Tour

"My film is almost like a joke, about men being so cowardly and women being so determined"

CANNES 2024: The Portuguese filmmaker talks about his new film, a travelogue drama about colonialism, social divides and love  

25/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Review: Grand Tour

Review: Grand Tour

CANNES 2024: Miguel Gomes’ latest effort is a playful, fascinating cinematic experience telling the story of a man who flees his betrothed  

23/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Bruno Dumont • Director of The Empire

Interview: Bruno Dumont • Director of The Empire

"It’s not by telling others how to behave that you educate them, people need to be enlightened"

BERLINALE 2024: The French filmmaker revisits the sci-fi genre in his own unique style, exploring the inevitable porosity of Good and Evil  

20/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

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: Teresa

Review: Teresa

Spanish director Paula Ortiz once again spares no expense in aestheticism with her new film, full of intense dialogue and hallucinatory visions of the saint  

24/10/2023 | Seminci 2023

Martín Rejtman  • Director of The Practice

Interview: Martín Rejtman • Director of The Practice

"Eccentricity is a feature of comedy, which is why almost anything can happen in comedy"

The Argentinian filmmaker's new film is a comedy full of quirky characters that are easy to identify with  

02/10/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Jaione Camborda  • Director of The Rye Horn

Interview: Jaione Camborda • Director of The Rye Horn

“I think that sisterhood now exists in all domains, including film”

The Basque director presents her second feature, a journey to the edge that revolves around motherhood and solidarity among women  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Review: The Rye Horn

Review: The Rye Horn

Jaione Camborda weaves a tale of motherhood, sisterhood and life-saving escape, which is elevated by the sensitivity she instils in every single detail  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Review: The Practice

Review: The Practice

The Argentinian Martín Rejtman presents a comedy featuring philosophical reflection, mocking criticism and a compassionate portrayal of his characters  

26/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Competition

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