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609 articles available in total starting from 18/07/2003. Last article published on 15/09/2025.

Michelangelo Frammartino • Director of Il buco

Interview: Michelangelo Frammartino • Director of Il buco

“We descended 400 metres to film the ungovernable”

VENICE 2021: The Italian director joined up with a group of speleologists in a Calabrian cave to recreate the expedition dating back to 1961  

06/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Competition

Review: Sundown

Review: Sundown

VENICE 2021: Michel Franco returns to the Lido with a seventh feature that feels more like an unfinished sketch  

05/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Competition

Review: Il buco

Review: Il buco

VENICE 2021: Michelangelo Frammartino captures the breath and the rhythm of the spaces that he explores, through the story of a group of young speleologists descending into a deep cave in Calabria...  

04/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Competition

Václav Kadrnka  • Director of Saving One Who Was Dead

Interview: Václav Kadrnka • Director of Saving One Who Was Dead

"To convey the personal experience my film is based on, I developed a very specific cinematic language"

The Czech filmmaker discusses the third instalment in what he describes as his “Absence of a Loved One” trilogy, which has competed for the Crystal Globe  

03/09/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

Review: Saving One Who Was Dead

Review: Saving One Who Was Dead

The latest film from Czech director Václav Kadrnka sees him return to Karlovy Vary for the first time since his 2017 Crystal Globe-winning effort Little Crusader  

02/09/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

Stefan Arsenijević • Director of As Far as I Can Walk

Interview: Stefan Arsenijević • Director of As Far as I Can Walk

“We need to reconsider what tradition is and adapt it to the new reality”

With the help of a medieval epic poem, the Serbian director intends to reinvigorate his cultural heritage  

27/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

Review: As Far as I Can Walk

Review: As Far as I Can Walk

Serbian director Stefan Arsenijević is back with a surprising concept and an accomplished film telling the story of two African refugees looking for their place in Europe  

24/08/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021 | Competition

Review: A New Old Play

Review: A New Old Play

Qiu Jiongjiong’s Special Jury Prize winner demands commitment, but rewards it with, among other things, a playful take on the afterlife. The good news is, they have soup  

17/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Aurélia Georges • Director of Secret Name

Interview: Aurélia Georges • Director of Secret Name

“As women, we have gained some space and some freedom, but corsets take different shapes”

In her Locarno competition entry, the Paris-born filmmaker focuses on women, and women only  

12/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

Chema García Ibarra • Director of The Sacred Spirit

Interview: Chema García Ibarra • Director of The Sacred Spirit

“I like to shoot in places where nobody has taken a camera before”

The award-winning short filmmaker presents his long-awaited feature debut, shot with non-professional actors in his hometown of Elche, which is dripping with his peculiar sense of humour  

11/08/2021 | Locarno 2021 | Competition

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