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142 articles available in total starting from 02/10/2002. Last article published on 14/08/2025.

Review: Zafari

Review: Zafari

Mariana Rondón delivers a dystopian tale set in a semi-abandoned zoo in a city reminiscent of Caracas, in a metaphor for the run-down reality of modern-day Venezuelan society  

26/09/2024 | San Sebastian 2024 | Horizontes Latinos

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Zafari by Mariana Rondón

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Zafari by Mariana Rondón

The fourth feature by the director, who won the Golden Shell for Bad Hair, will be shown in the Horizontes Latinos section of the San Sebastián Film Festival  

20/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Horizontes Latinos

Mónica Taboada-Tapia • Director of Alma del desierto

Interview: Mónica Taboada-Tapia • Director of Alma del desierto

"It was a terrible story, and I couldn't imagine it could happen in our century, on this planet"

VENICE 2024: The Colombian director talks about her documentary around an elderly transgender woman who is struggling to obtain an ID document for herself  

10/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Marianna Brennand • Director of Manas

Interview: Marianna Brennand • Director of Manas

"I thought that through fiction I could build a story that was both delicate and deep"

VENICE 2024: The Brazilian filmmaker, winner of the GdA Director's Award, talks about her film set in a community in the Amazon where the sexual abuse of minors appears to be the norm  

07/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Manas

Review: Manas

VENICE 2024: With sensitivity and respect, Marianna Brennand brings to light the horrifying practice of sexual abuse of little girls in an Amazon rainforest village  

04/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: I’m Still Here

Review: I’m Still Here

VENICE 2024: Walter Salles’ compelling family drama zooms in on the disappearance and murder of a former congressman and civil engineer, as lived through by his courageous wife  

02/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Pia Marais • Director of Transamazonia

Interview: Pia Marais • Director of Transamazonia

“I like female characters who, a bit like Hitchcock’s, are hiding something underneath”

The South African-born director tells us about how she grappled with the paradoxes of the Amazon rainforest and her love for ambiguous female characters  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Transamazonia

Review: Transamazonia

Despite its fascinating aesthetics, Pia Marais’ latest feature fails to deliver a compelling tale owing to its confusing writing  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: First clips for Venice Giornate degli Autori entry Manas

EXCLUSIVE: First clips for Venice Giornate degli Autori entry Manas

The film by Brazil's Marianna Brennand follows a girl confronting the oppressive system that controls her family and the women in their Amazon rainforest community  

02/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Motel Destino

Review: Motel Destino

CANNES 2024: It’s getting hot in here in Karim Aïnouz’s fun, sweaty noir  

23/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

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