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659 articles available in total starting from 27/07/2005. Last article published on 22/08/2025.

Petr Vaclav • Director of Il Boemo

Interview: Petr Vaclav • Director of Il Boemo

“This Icarian story of a rise and fall excited me”

Cineuropa talked to the Czech director about his biggest film to date and about the origins of this period drama that resurrects music that has not been heard for 250 years  

19/09/2022 | San Sebastián 2022 | Competition

Michal Blaško • Director of Victim

Interview: Michal Blaško • Director of Victim

“There is this balance between an intimate story and one about an individual against society”

VENICE 2022: We chatted to the Slovak filmmaker about his feature debut, in which he takes a deep dive into the xenophobia that’s firmly embedded in society  

09/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Orizzonti

Review: Victim

Review: Victim

VENICE 2022: Slovak director Michal Blaško points a finger at the latent xenophobia in our society in his feature debut  

09/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Orizzonti

Cristina Grosan • Director of Ordinary Failures

Interview: Cristina Grosan • Director of Ordinary Failures

"It was interesting for us to see things change and evolve, and our script become more and more alive around this"

VENICE 2022: Hungarian-Romanian director and visual artist talks about her film, which brings together three women whose day is turned upside down by a strange natural phenomenon  

07/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Ordinary Failures

Review: Ordinary Failures

VENICE 2022: Cristina Grosan brings together three women whose day-to-day lives are upended by a strange natural phenomenon, in an apocalyptic tale calling for human solidarity  

06/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

Slovak cinema experiences a slowdown after the second year of the pandemic, braces for a comeback

Slovak cinema experiences a slowdown after the second year of the pandemic, braces for a comeback

The national funding body, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, has responded with a special scheme to support cinemas and has transferred funds into scholarships  

25/08/2022 | Industry | Market | Slovakia

Igor Ivanko  • Director of Fragile Memory

Interview: Igor Ivanko • Director of Fragile Memory

"The film archive of my grandfather (and cinematographer) is unique because it is a personal as well a professional one"

The Ukrainian filmmaker talks about what's behind his work, which has just received the Special Jury Award in the festival's Documentary Competition  

24/08/2022 | Sarajevo 2022 | Documentary Competition

Kristína Aschenbrennerová • Programme manager, Pop Up Film Residency

Interview: Kristína Aschenbrennerová • Programme manager, Pop Up Film Residency

“Pop Up Film Residency Eurimages aims to create more space for women in the industry by providing support to the experienced filmmakers”

The programme manager talks about the latest updates of the hub in the European film industry  

16/08/2022 | /Czech Republic/Hungary/Poland/Slovakia

Tereza Nvotová • Director of Nightsiren

Interview: Tereza Nvotová • Director of Nightsiren

“We realised that many of our beloved traditions exist to preserve the status quo”

The Slovak filmmaker talks about her film, which deals with conservative traditions, the patriarchy and female empowerment, and just won the Golden Leopard in the Cineasti del presente section  

15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Cineasti del presente

Review: Nightsiren

Review: Nightsiren

Slovakian director Tereza Nvotová presents a drama with supernatural undertones which overturns tragically persistent stereotypes  

12/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Cineasti del presente

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