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

Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova  • Directors of Cat in the Wall

Interview: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova • Directors of Cat in the Wall

“We wanted to create a bridge between the East and the West to check if the grass was greener on the other side”

We chatted to Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova, who are showing their first fiction feature, Cat in the Wall, at Sarajevo after a world premiere at Locarno  

21/08/2019 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

Stephan Komandarev • Director of Rounds

Interview: Stephan Komandarev • Director of Rounds

"This film aims to diagnose the sickness in our society, to show the problems and to prompt the audience to search for the answer"

Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev unpicked his latest feature, Rounds, centring on three pairs of police officers on patrol in Sofia over the course of one night  

19/08/2019 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

Review: South Terminal

Review: South Terminal

Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche keeps things cryptic in this Kafkaesque tale of a country in meltdown, screening in competition at Locarno  

19/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Review: The Science of Fictions

Review: The Science of Fictions

With Yosep Anggi Noen’s title, seems like the competition for the oddest film celebrating this year’s 50th anniversary of the moon landing is already over  

16/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Review: Cat in the Wall

Review: Cat in the Wall

Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova’s first fiction feature explores the challenges of being an immigrant in London  

16/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Review: Echo

Review: Echo

Rúnar Rúnarsson’s film is not another Christmas movie  

14/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Damien Manivel  • Director of Isadora’s Children

Interview: Damien Manivel • Director of Isadora’s Children

"I try to always look at the actors as if they were dancing"

French director Damien Manivel tells us about his latest film Isadora’s Children, screening in International Competition in Locarno  

14/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

João Nicolau  • Director of Technoboss

Interview: João Nicolau • Director of Technoboss

“As a director, the use of music in film is one of the subjects that interests me the most”

Portuguese director João Nicolau talks to us about his latest film Technoboss screened in competition in Locarno  

14/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Rúnar Rúnarsson • Director of Echo

Interview: Rúnar Rúnarsson • Director of Echo

“Making Echo was like jumping into a deep pool in complete darkness”

Cineuropa caught up with Icelandic filmmaker Rúnar Rúnarsson, who is showing his latest film, Echo, at Locarno  

13/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

Maya Da-Rin • Director of The Fever

Interview: Maya Da-Rin • Director of The Fever

“Cinema has the propensity to exoticize indigenous peoples”

Brazilian director Maya Da-Rin tells us about her debut feature, The Fever, selected in competition in Locarno  

12/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Competition

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