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1569 articles available in total starting from 21/08/2002. Last article published on 22/08/2025.

Anette Novak  • CEO, Swedish Film Institute

Interview: Anette Novak • CEO, Swedish Film Institute

“Cinema carries all the other art forms, which makes it the most special art form of them all”

CANNES 2022: The new CEO of the institute embarked on her first edition of the French festival, with open eyes, a keen mind and some specific questions in her baggage  

31/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Marché du Film

Kristoffer Borgli • Director of Sick of Myself

Interview: Kristoffer Borgli • Director of Sick of Myself

"The reality is always a disappointing fact compared to our dreams and desires"

CANNES 2022: The Norwegian director discusses his unsettling second feature, led by an exceptional main character and... drugs  

27/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Ruben Östlund • Director of Triangle of Sadness

Interview: Ruben Östlund • Director of Triangle of Sadness

"My film is inspired in the Marxist theories saying that our position in financial hierarchy is changing our behavior"

CANNES 2022: The Swedish filmmaker returns after his Palme d'Or win in 2017 to introduce his new film, and he discusses its key topics with us  

27/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Hlynur Pálmason • Director of Godland

Interview: Hlynur Pálmason • Director of Godland

“My main actor lost twelve kilos, I think, and really took it seriously - I was so happy to see his physical decay”

CANNES 2022: The Icelandic director, who lived in Denmark, brings together some conflicting energies of both countries, through a Danish vicar setting up a parish in Iceland in the 19th century  

26/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Butterfly Vision

Review: Butterfly Vision

CANNES 2022: Maksym Nakonechnyi’s feature debut tells of a female military aerial reconnaissance officer released from captivity, during which time she was raped by Russian soldiers  

26/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Tarik Saleh • Director of Boy from Heaven

Interview: Tarik Saleh • Director of Boy from Heaven

"As an immigrant child, I’m standing of the shoulders of my grandparents"

CANNES 2022: The Swedish filmmaker of Egyptian origins discusses the topics he tackles on his latest film, and how they relate to his personal and professional background  

26/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Maksym Nakonechnyi • Director of Butterfly Vision

Interview: Maksym Nakonechnyi • Director of Butterfly Vision

“We realised that the butterfly would be our entry point into the metaphysical and the subconscious”

CANNES 2022: The Ukrainian director gives us the low-down on his harsh and timely testimony to the women fighting for their integrity, their freedom and their future in his home country  

25/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Godland

Review: Godland

CANNES 2022: Hlynur Pálmason makes a spectacular, visceral and epic film in the wake of a young Danish priest who faces thousands of challenges in the wild Iceland of the 19th century  

24/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Sick of Myself

Review: Sick of Myself

CANNES 2022: Kristoffer Borgli’s unforgettable film, one of the festival’s best, is deliciously infuriating  

24/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Boy from Heaven

Review: Boy from Heaven

CANNES 2022: There’s wall-to-wall intrigue and conspiracy within the confines of Cairo's Al-Azhar University, in Tarik Saleh’s new outing  

23/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

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