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305 articles available in total starting from 19/05/2010. Last article published on 09/07/2025.

Ilya Khrzhanovskiy  • Director of DAU. Natasha

Interview: Ilya Khrzhanovskiy • Director of DAU. Natasha

“You cannot exploit people in this way, because it's not a voyeuristic Big Brother show”

BERLINALE 2020: We chatted to Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, who co-directed the competition title DAU. Natasha with Jekaterina Oertel  

29/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Competition

Review: DAU. Natasha

Review: DAU. Natasha

BERLINALE 2020: The long-gestating feature film by Jekaterina Oertel and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, part of the DAU project, has surfaced in competition at Berlin  

27/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Competition

Review: Numbers

Review: Numbers

BERLINALE 2020: Directed remotely by Oleh Sentsov, this dark, dystopian tale portrays the ultimate form of imprisonment  

23/02/2020 | Berlinale 2020 | Berlinale Special

Yulia Serdyukova • Producer, yutopia films

Interview: Yulia Serdyukova • Producer, yutopia films

“The idea that documentary films can change the world is very dangerous”

Interview with Yulia Serdyukova, producer for Ukrainian company yutopia films and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme  

20/02/2020 | Emerging Producers 2020

Iryna Tsilyk  • Director of The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

Interview: Iryna Tsilyk • Director of The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

“For a documentary, you need to spend as much time as possible with the characters you portray”

We spoke to Ukrainian director and author Iryna Tsilyk after the world premiere of her debut full-length documentary, The Earth Is Blue as an Orange, at Sundance  

04/02/2020 | Sundance 2020 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Review: The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

Review: The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

The documentary by Ukraine's Iryna Tsilyk, winner of the Best Director award in Sundance's World Cinema Documentary Competition, is an affectionate homage to subjects who are hungry for life  

04/02/2020 | Sundance 2020 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius  • Director and screenwriter of Invisible

Interview: Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius • Director and screenwriter of Invisible

"Our choreographer was also an important scriptwriter, as he wrote the whole choreography of the two characters’ feelings"

We sat down with Ignas Jonynas and Kristupas Sabolius to talk about their second, San Sebastián-screened film, Invisible, which addresses topics such as toxic masculinity and media manipulation  

01/10/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | New Directors

Review: Invisible

Review: Invisible

The second feature from Lithuanian director Ignas Jonynas seals his reputation as a bold voyager into the human soul, with this brilliant — and disturbing — piece of craftsmanship  

29/09/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | New Directors

Valentyn Vasyanovych  • Director of Atlantis

Interview: Valentyn Vasyanovych • Director of Atlantis

“In Ukraine, you have to be an optimist”

VENICE 2019: With the help of producer Vladimir Yatsenko, this time providing interpretation, Cineuropa chatted to Valentyn Vasyanovych about Atlantis, named Best Film in this year’s Orizzonti  

09/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Orizzonti

Václav Marhoul • Director of The Painted Bird

Interview: Václav Marhoul • Director of The Painted Bird

“During these 11 years, I’ve had the best producer in the world: Václav Marhoul”

VENICE 2019: We chatted to Czech director Václav Marhoul about his gutsy and divisive competition entry, The Painted Bird  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

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