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2280 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 05/06/2025.

Joachim Lafosse  • Director of A Silence

Interview: Joachim Lafosse • Director of A Silence

“The venom of crime spreads by creating shame, silence and guilt”

The Belgian director’s film looks at the role played by silence in cases of child abuse  

26/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Review: Un amor

Review: Un amor

An alternative ending, different to the one in Sara Mesa’s novel, on which Isabel Coixet’s new film is based, saves this film from becoming unpalatable, blunt, dull stodge  

26/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Review: A Silence

Review: A Silence

Joachim Lafosse explores in depth the silencing mechanisms around situations of sexual violence, particularly within families  

25/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Isabel Herguera  • Director of Sultana’s Dream

Interview: Isabel Herguera • Director of Sultana’s Dream

"Animation can be an extraordinary tool to build stories for adults"

The Basque filmmaker talks to us about her references and the process of creating her first feature film  

24/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Competition

Isabella Eklöf  • Director of Kalak

Interview: Isabella Eklöf • Director of Kalak

“Sometimes you have to admit defeat to start over and rise again”

The Swedish filmmaker details the inspirations for her new feature, based on Kim Leine's autobiographical novel, as well as the research that went into it  

24/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Review: Sultana’s Dream

Review: Sultana’s Dream

Isabel Herguera presents a unique and fascinating feminist animated film about the search for freedom and the transformative power of fiction  

24/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Competition

Review: Kalak

Review: Kalak

Isabella Eklöf presents a subtle and moving film about pain and the search for redemption  

23/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert  • Directors of Woman of

Interview: Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert • Directors of Woman of

“We hope this movie can change something”

VENICE 2023: The longstanding Polish directorial duo explained how they conducted their research for this film about a trans woman in a small, hostile town  

11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Competition

Review: Out of Season

Review: Out of Season

VENICE 2023: With Guillaume Canet and Alba Rohrwacher in tow as romancers, French filmmaker Stéphane Brizé finds a new creative tool: his funny bone  

11/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Competition

Venice’s Golden Lion goes to Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things

Venice’s Golden Lion goes to Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things

VENICE 2023: The top prize has gone to the film by the Greek director; also rewarded were Evil Does Not Exist by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Me Captain by Matteo Garrone and Green Border by Agnieszka Holland  

09/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Awards

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