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30 articles available in total starting from 13/04/2022. Last article published on 24/10/2023.

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Paul B Preciado • Director of Orlando, My Political Biography

Interview: Paul B Preciado • Director of Orlando, My Political Biography

“It's complicated when you start devising the visual language to represent, for instance, trans bodies and non-binary bodies”

BERLINALE 2023: We spoke to the philosopher, author and now filmmaker about his already-acclaimed, free adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s 1928 trans text  

21/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Encounters

Review: The Teachers’ Lounge

Review: The Teachers’ Lounge

BERLINALE 2023: Set within the walls of a public school, İlker Çatak’s new feature is a compelling drama where apparently insignificant micro-events trigger a snowball effect  

18/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

İlker Çatak • Director of The Teachers’ Lounge

Interview: İlker Çatak • Director of The Teachers’ Lounge

“Sometimes you do everything right, but it's still wrong”

BERLINALE 2023: We talked to the German director about his school microcosm and how it is a reflection of broader society  

18/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023

Review: Orlando, My Political Biography

Review: Orlando, My Political Biography

BERLINALE 2023: Paul B Preciado applies his sharp, militant mind to Virginia Woolf’s work, resulting in a delightful, hybrid work full of metamorphoses and gender identity crash-tests  

18/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Encounters

Review: 20 Days in Mariupol

Review: 20 Days in Mariupol

Mstyslav Chernov’s film tells of the first few horrific weeks of the Russian invasion, presenting us with footage of shelling, civilian deaths and the bombing of a maternity hospital  

30/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Mstyslav Chernov • Director of 20 Days in Mariupol

Interview: Mstyslav Chernov • Director of 20 Days in Mariupol

“Mariupol has turned into a ghost city”

The Ukrainian journalist, writer and director gives us the low-down on his doc homing in on how the titular Ukrainian city experienced the first few weeks of the Russian invasion  

25/01/2023 | Sundance 2023 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Otilia Babara • Director of Love Is Not an Orange

Interview: Otilia Babara • Director of Love Is Not an Orange

“This is why the archive footage was so powerful: it makes it clear that this is not a one-off story”

In her first feature-length documentary, the Moldovan director tells the story of her fellow countrywomen through some intriguing video footage  

20/10/2022 | DOK Leipzig 2022

Review: Paying a Visit to Fortuna

Review: Paying a Visit to Fortuna

Mátyás Kálmán’s compassionate documentary follows a couple struggling to adjust to their new millionaire status  

19/08/2022 | Sarajevo 2022 | Documentary Competition

Review: Silent Love

Review: Silent Love

The Polish-German documentary by Marek Kozakiewicz is a tender story about the different ways of growing up  

15/04/2022 | Visions du Réel 2022 | Latitudes

Review: A Holy Family

Review: A Holy Family

Taiwanese director Elvis A-Liang Lu's second documentary is an honest, simultaneously sober and moving exploration of his reunion with his family  

13/04/2022 | Visions du Réel 2022 | Competition

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