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2281 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 04/07/2025.

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Tinatin Kajrishvili • Director of Citizen Saint

Interview: Tinatin Kajrishvili • Director of Citizen Saint

“People act selfish and fearful, and this can be applied to both society and individuals”

The Georgian director dives right into our beliefs and hopes in her latest, touching film set in a mining community  

12/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Stephan Komandarev's Blaga's Lessons wins the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary

Stephan Komandarev's Blaga's Lessons wins the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary

Also among the winners of the festival's 57th edition were Behrooz Karamizade's German-Iranian co-production Empty Nets and Ernst De Geer's Nordic title The Hypnosis  

10/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Awards

Cristi Puiu, Joachim Lafosse and Robin Campillo will be competing for the Golden Shell at San Sebastián

Cristi Puiu, Joachim Lafosse and Robin Campillo will be competing for the Golden Shell at San Sebastián

The directors' new works will be screened at the 71st edition of the Basque festival, which will take place from 22 to 30 September  

07/07/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Marco Righi • Director of Where the Wind Blows

Interview: Marco Righi • Director of Where the Wind Blows

“I was interested in the faith element of man’s earthly experience”

The Italian director spoke to us about his approach towards his second feature film, which is a religious and spiritual odyssey  

07/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Tomáš Klein • Director of A Sensitive Person

Interview: Tomáš Klein • Director of A Sensitive Person

"My film is about finding love and hope in a very absurd and cruel world"

The Czech director discusses his directorial debut by unpicking his visual and narrative approach, his characters' journey and the topics he wanted to talk about  

07/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Cyril Aris • Director of Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

Interview: Cyril Aris • Director of Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

"I wanted to explore how art can get people back on their feet again"

The Lebanese director gives us the insights on his documentary centred on a film crew in the middle of production paralysed by the catastrophic explosion in the Port of Beirut in 2020  

07/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Behrooz Karamizade • Director of Empty Nets

Interview: Behrooz Karamizade • Director of Empty Nets

“I wanted to let young Iranian people have their say and show the world that there are other sides to Iran, too”

The German-Iranian director breaks down the masculine world of fishing, the prospects for the young generation of Iranians and his relationship with the sea  

07/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Review: Where the Wind Blows

Review: Where the Wind Blows

Marco Righi debates theological issues in his second fiction feature, but there is such a thing as too much subtlety  

07/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Ernst De Geer • Director of The Hypnosis

Interview: Ernst De Geer • Director of The Hypnosis

"We wanted to be personal, but not too personal, and unique, but not too crazy"

The Swedish director talks about what is behind his first feature, a satire on modern society and about the conventions dictating how we behave with each other  

06/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Review: Citizen Saint

Review: Citizen Saint

Georgian director Tinatin Kajrishvili departs from her earlier style with this black-and-white allegory that combines religion and superstition to strange and intriguing effect  

06/07/2023 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

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