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1234 articles available in total starting from 11/09/2002. Last article published on 23/06/2025.

Sahim Omar Kalifa • Director of Baghdad Messi

Interview: Sahim Omar Kalifa • Director of Baghdad Messi

"This story is a metaphor for the way the Iraqi dream has been annihilated"

We met with the Belgian-Kurdish director who chose to reinvent his hit, short film and turn it into a feature film  

03/02/2023 | /Belgium/Netherlands/Iraq

Review: Baghdad Messi

Review: Baghdad Messi

Sahim Omar Kalifa pleads for the preservation of the Iraqi people’s lost dreams, depicting the singular trajectory of a football-crazy little boy who’ll do anything to keep his passion afloat  

02/02/2023 | Films | Reviews | Belgium/Netherlands/Iraq

Review: A House in Jerusalem

Review: A House in Jerusalem

Creative duo Muayad and Rami Alayan craft a touching coming-of-age tale exploiting some well-known tropes about loss and trauma but in a fresh, powerful fashion  

01/02/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Limelight

The 40th CineMart reveals its winners

The 40th CineMart reveals its winners

Eurimages Co-Production Development Awards have gone to both Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis’ Heads or Tails?, and Marina Stepanska’s Consider Vera  

01/02/2023 | IFFR 2023 | IFFR Pro/Awards

Rotterdam looks to the future of film festivals after the pandemic

Rotterdam looks to the future of film festivals after the pandemic

The panellists discussed how the market and curatorial strategies have changed as well as the impact of streaming platforms and reduced budgets on the festival circuit  

31/01/2023 | IFFR 2023 | IFFR Pro

Jessica Woodworth • Director of Luka

Interview: Jessica Woodworth • Director of Luka

“Sometimes it feels like we haven’t learned anything”

We met with the Belgian-American director, who presents a free and inspired adaptation of the cult novel by Dino Buzzati  

30/01/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Big Screen Competition

Review: Luka

Review: Luka

Jessica Woodworth transposes the questions posed by The Desert of the Tartars into a sumptuous film, set in a post-apocalyptic future that asks us about our present  

30/01/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Big Screen Competition

Review: 5 Seasons of Revolution

Review: 5 Seasons of Revolution

In Lina’s affecting doc, ten years in the making, war is very much personal  

24/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Review: When It Melts

Review: When It Melts

In her first feature-length directorial effort, Veerle Baetens offers up a very close adaptation of Lise Spit’s novel, exploring the resurgence of our childhood traumas  

23/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Lina • Director of 5 Seasons of Revolution

Interview: Lina • Director of 5 Seasons of Revolution

“The story is not complete if it’s only about one person”

The debuting director takes on the Syrian revolution – and friendship – in her very personal documentary  

23/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

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