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131 articles available in total starting from 20/07/2009. Last article published on 14/08/2025.

Review: Most People Die on Sundays

Review: Most People Die on Sundays

The film by Argentina's Iair Said is a tragicomedy as minimal as it is everyday. Starring the director himself, with subtle humour it tackles heavy issues such as euthanasia, ageing and loneliness  

24/09/2024 | San Sebastian 2024 | Horizontes Latinos

Review: They Will Be Dust

Review: They Will Be Dust

Spanish filmmaker Carlos Marques-Marcet's newest feature is a formally inventive exploration of perceptions of death, punctuated by music and modern dance sequences  

16/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Platform

Martina Parenti and Massimo D’Anolfi • Directors of Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries

Interview: Martina Parenti and Massimo D’Anolfi • Directors of Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries

“It is so difficult to distribute documentaries that, at the end of the day, their length doesn’t make much difference”

VENICE 2024: Cineuropa talked with the duo of Italian directors who told us how their film came to be, what’s hidden behind its title, and what unites the three acts that compose it  

04/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries

Review: Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries

VENICE 2024: The poetic feature by the Italian directing duo of Martina Parenti and Massimo D’Anolfi transports us into the heart of things, where the human eye hardly ever lingers  

03/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Amos Gitai • Director of Why War

Interview: Amos Gitai • Director of Why War

“I would like to embrace the idea of the filmmaker or the artist as a healer”

VENICE 2024: The Israeli director offers a kaleidoscopic film essay on war, fuelled by a historic exchange of letters between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud  

31/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: Why War

Review: Why War

VENICE 2024: In his philosophical film essay, Israeli director Amos Gitai tries to explore the root of mankind’s lust for war and destruction  

31/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Samir • Director of The Miraculous Transformation of the Working Class Into Foreigners

Interview: Samir • Director of The Miraculous Transformation of the Working Class Into Foreigners

“A film can create playful and emotional connections to bring people's stories closer to others”

The Swiss director reveals his sources, and his visual and thematic approach to his film addressing the history of Italian migrants in Switzerland  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: The Last Expedition

Review: The Last Expedition

Eliza Kubarska's portrait of iconic and controversial mountaineer Wanda Rutkiewicz is a thematically rich and engaging film that suffers from a lack of clarity as to what its goal is  

23/05/2024 | Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2024

Peter Greenaway’s new film enters production in Italy

Peter Greenaway’s new film enters production in Italy

The untitled picture, toplined by Helen Hunt and Dustin Hoffmann, is the story of a man who wants to organise his own death in an elegant, sensible and tidy manner  

24/04/2024 | Production | Funding | Singapore/Switzerland/Italy/Netherlands/Belgium

Elina Psykou  • Director of Stray Bodies

Interview: Elina Psykou • Director of Stray Bodies

“We should think carefully whether a certain procedure is our genuine desire or if it is what capitalism wants from us”

The Greek filmmaker elaborates on the issues she aims to tackle in her daring documentary, featuring various forms of medical tourism  

18/03/2024 | Thessaloniki Documentary 2024

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