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

Review: Mare’s Nest

Review: Mare’s Nest

Ben Rivers delivers an ode to the reckless and carefree nature of childhood in this poetic and enigmatic portrait of an array of characters dancing towards an unknown destination  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Hana Jušić • Director of God Will Not Help

Interview: Hana Jušić • Director of God Will Not Help

“When people want to possess – whether a person, a status, or a sense of belonging – it often kills the possibility for real solidarity”

The Croatian filmmaker breaks down her second feature, which is set in a historical context but which refers to contemporary, local realities  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: With Hasan in Gaza

Review: With Hasan in Gaza

Kamal Aljafari’s documentary offers an unvarnished meditation on the cyclical nature of loss, the persistence of erasure, and the fragile yet enduring traces of humanity that linger in between  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: God Will Not Help

Review: God Will Not Help

Hana Jušić's second feature is a striking, rich work that tells a period family story containing surprising elements, and with some original and accomplished technical contributions  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Kamal Aljafari • Director of With Hasan in Gaza

Interview: Kamal Aljafari • Director of With Hasan in Gaza

“As strange as it might sound, I still don’t remember having shot all this material”

The Palestinian director explains the peculiar circumstances which led to him turning some lost tapes of life in Gaza in the early 2000s into a film  

07/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Locarno Competition entry God Will Not Help

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for Locarno Competition entry God Will Not Help

Hana Jušić's follow-up to Quit Staring at My Plate follows a Chilean woman who comes into an isolated mountain community of Croatian shepherds in the early 20th century  

28/07 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life

Interview: João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life

"My main character is built on doubt, rather than certainty"

The Portuguese director unpicks his movie, which continues to build the fictional universe of Nicolau, a world he has developed since the character's childhood through short films  

18/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Which French films could be in the running for the Golden Lion at Venice?

Which French films could be in the running for the Golden Lion at Venice?

A week away from the unveiling of the official selection by Alberto Barbera, we provide an overview of the main French favourites in with a chance of a trip to the Lido  

16/07 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Nathan Ambrosioni • Director of Out of Love

Interview: Nathan Ambrosioni • Director of Out of Love

"I really liked the idea of an inverted drama, a film which starts with the hardest part of the story"

The French filmmaker discusses his third feature, which revolves around a woman who suddenly finds herself responsible for two young children who’ve been left behind by her sister  

08/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Review: Out of Love

Review: Out of Love

Nathan Ambrosioni delivers a subtle and poignant film carried by an excellent Camille Cottin, about a voluntary disappearance and its impact on the people left behind  

07/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

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