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2413 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 06/11/2025.

Iveta Grófová  • Director of The Hungarian Dressmaker

Interview: Iveta Grófová • Director of The Hungarian Dressmaker

"I wanted to get under the skin of my characters"

The Slovak filmmaker discusses her period drama set in the challenging wartime, which forced people to confront highly complex dilemmas  

11/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Locarno announces its competition selection

Locarno announces its competition selection

16 of the 17 films vying for the Golden Leopard are European (co-)productions by established auteurs such as Wang Bing and Ben Rivers and emerging talents like the Zürcher brothers and Virgil Vernier  

10/07/2024 | Locarno 2024

Nelicia Low • Director of Pierce

Interview: Nelicia Low • Director of Pierce

"As a sibling of a person with a mental issue, I know you're born into it and process it differently than an adult person"

The Singaporean filmmaker talks about her first feature, a thriller revolving around the ideals of brotherly love and the illusions that we project onto those close to us  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Lilja Ingolfsdottir  • Director of Loveable

Interview: Lilja Ingolfsdottir • Director of Loveable

"I wanted to work with the poetics of emotional realities"

The Norwegian filmmaker discusses her first feature, in which she examines contemporary ideas of romance, equality and womanhood  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Pierce

Review: Pierce

In her psychological thriller, Nelicia Low showcases admirable control of cinematic language and storytelling  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Loveable

Review: Loveable

Lilja Ingolfsdottir’s debut feature is a psychological melodrama boasting excellent performances, but the final result is heavily impacted by a rushed, chaotic closure of the narrative arc  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Mark Cousins  • Director of A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

Interview: Mark Cousins • Director of A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

"Looking into the world can take you out of yourself and into something bigger"

The filmmaker talks about his new work, an exploration of British modernist painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham's perspective after her experience atop the Grindelwald glacier  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Claire Burger  • Director of Foreign Language

Interview: Claire Burger • Director of Foreign Language

“I wanted to show beautiful things amongst the youth, even if the current moment is complicated”

The French director talks about her second solo feature film, a vivid and subtle portrait of today’s youth  

05/07/2024 | BRIFF 2024

Bruno Anković  • Director of Celebration

Interview: Bruno Anković • Director of Celebration

"This is a story from 100 years ago, but unfortunately, it is also about today and maybe even tomorrow"

The Croatian director delves into his first feature, a film that shows the reasons why innocent people become easy quarry for ideological crusaders  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Noaz Deshe  • Director of Xoftex

Interview: Noaz Deshe • Director of Xoftex

"I wanted to document the progression of the mental state of stateless people in a refugee camp"

The director tells us more about his new film, in which he portrays refugees filming satirical sketches and preparing for a zombie horror flick while awaiting immigration interviews in a Greek camp  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

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