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32 articles available in total starting from 13/02/2012. Last article published on 20/05/2025.

Kristine Kintana  • Producer, Kamias Overground

Interview: Kristine Kintana • Producer, Kamias Overground

"Documentaries force people to ask better questions"

The producer from the Philippines, a guest country of this year's edition, delves into what it's like to make documentaries in her home country  

15/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Review: Cu Li Never Cries

Review: Cu Li Never Cries

BERLINALE 2024: In his debut, Vietnamese director Phạm Ngọc Lân creates a thought-provoking, but at times slow, reflection on changing times and the ghosts of the past  

26/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

Review: Last Shadow at First Light

Review: Last Shadow at First Light

In Singaporean director Nicole Midori Woodford's melancholic and sensitive début feature film, a co-production between Asia and Slovenia, the distressed central characters sometimes see ghosts  

02/10/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | New Directors

Review: Essential Truths of the Lake

Review: Essential Truths of the Lake

The latest feature film by the brilliant Filipino director Lav Diaz depicts the torments of a lieutenant obsessed with a mysterious, unsolved case  

06/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Six First Cut Labs are on the lookout for their next projects

Six First Cut Labs are on the lookout for their next projects

After enjoying its most successful year yet, the consultancy programme is awaiting new projects for its upcoming editions, dotted around the globe  

07/11/2022 | First Cut Lab 2023

Review: Nocebo

Review: Nocebo

Lorcan Finnegan blends psychological thriller with folk horror to produce a film with disturbing social content  

14/10/2022 | Sitges 2022

Lorcan Finnegan’s thriller Nocebo ready to premiere at Los Angeles’ BeyondFest and Sitges

Lorcan Finnegan’s thriller Nocebo ready to premiere at Los Angeles’ BeyondFest and Sitges

The feature, starring Mark Strong and Eva Green among its lead actors, follows a fashion designer who suffers from a mysterious illness  

16/09/2022 | Production | Funding | Ireland/UK/Philippines/USA

Lav Diaz • Director of When the Waves Are Gone

Interview: Lav Diaz • Director of When the Waves Are Gone

“I consider my kind of filmmaking like writing a novel: I create real characters, the characters are fleshed out, and we see them living in the film”

VENICE 2022: We spoke to the Filipino auteur – famous for his epic-length works – about his long-awaited new feature, a revenge story set amidst the country’s narco-wars  

13/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Out of Competition

Review: When the Waves Are Gone

Review: When the Waves Are Gone

VENICE 2022: Filipino great Lav Diaz makes another gruelling revenge tragedy, this time focusing on two dirty cops with a grudge  

06/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Out of Competition

Review: Autobiography

Review: Autobiography

VENICE 2022: Echoes of Indonesia’s 31-year dictatorship abound in the present, in debutant Makbul Mubarak’s sombre political drama  

04/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Orizzonti

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