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

Review: Bad Living

Review: Bad Living

BERLINALE 2023: João Canijo’s take on a family drama feels claustrophobic and sombre, yet after it gets under your skin, that’s where it stays, for better or worse  

24/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

João Canijo • Director of Bad Living and Living Bad

Interview: João Canijo • Director of Bad Living and Living Bad

"Mothers can make the life of their daughters a misery"

BERLINALE 2023: We talked to the Portuguese director about hotels that can feel like prisons and the unbearable weight of family  

23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition/Encounters

Christian Petzold • Director of Afire

Interview: Christian Petzold • Director of Afire

“Most of the time sex scenes don't bring anything of value to the story"

BERLINALE 2023: We talked to the director about his portrait of an unsecure artist and his journey to become a real author  

23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Estíbaliz Urresola • Director of 20,000 Species of Bees

Interview: Estíbaliz Urresola • Director of 20,000 Species of Bees

"Making people feel ashamed is a way of restricting their desires and actions"

BERLINALE 2023: The Basque filmmaker debuts with a poignant story about families that work as social beehives and where it is difficult to accept difference  

23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Lila Avilés • Director of Tótem

Interview: Lila Avilés • Director of Tótem

“To think about death is to think about life”

BERLINALE 2023: The Mexican director finds beauty in last goodbyes  

23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Emily Atef • Director of Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything

Interview: Emily Atef • Director of Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything

“Cinema has to be as sensual as possible”

BERLINALE 2023: We spoke to the German-French director about her adaptation of Daniela Krien’s historical novel and coming-of-age story  

23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Review: 20,000 Species of Bees

Review: 20,000 Species of Bees

BERLINALE 2023: Estíbaliz Urresola makes her feature directorial debut with a sensitive, activist and moving film, starring a group of exceptional actresses  

22/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Margarethe von Trotta • Director of Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey into the Desert

Interview: Margarethe von Trotta • Director of Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey into the Desert

“I can’t stand constant sunny dispositions”

BERLINALE 2023: The seasoned director tells us about her fascination with treading the fine line between Ingeborg Bachmann’s gloomy persona and her more charming one  

22/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Review: Music

Review: Music

BERLINALE 2023: Angela Schanelec uses her trademark style to retell the Oedipus myth, but whether the experience is worth the energy and concentration it requires is debatable  

22/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Review: The Plough

Review: The Plough

BERLINALE 2023: Philippe Garrel finds a bit of colour and refines his stripped-back, reflective and novelistic art even further by passing it through a softer family filter  

21/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

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