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

Giacomo Abbruzzese • Director of Disco Boy

Interview: Giacomo Abbruzzese • Director of Disco Boy

“I wanted to make a war film where both perspectives, both sides were fully explored”

BERLINALE 2023: We met with the Italian director to discuss his debut fiction feature film toplined by Franz Rogowski  

21/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Review: Manodrome

Review: Manodrome

BERLINALE 2023: John Trengove’s sophomore feature is a rather confused but entertaining tale revolving around a sect of incels for whom things go badly awry  

21/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Review: Totem

Review: Totem

BERLINALE 2023: Lila Avilés crafts a delicate, perceptive and super sensitive story, delving into human nature as depicted through one home and one family over the course of a single day  

20/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Review: Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything

Review: Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything

BERLINALE 2023: Emily Atef crafts a sappy coming-of-age melodrama based on Daniela Krien’s novel of the same name  

20/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Review: Disco Boy

Review: Disco Boy

BERLINALE 2023: Giacomo Abbruzzese breaks free from genres with an intense and highly promising first film covering Europe, Africa, war and animism, carried by the brilliant Franz Rogowski  

19/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Review: Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert

Review: Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert

BERLINALE 2023: Margarethe von Trotta’s latest effort struggles to elevate itself from being anything more than a rather outdated upper-class drama  

19/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Philip Sotnychenko • Director of La Palisiada

Interview: Philip Sotnychenko • Director of La Palisiada

“Cinema is very often built on feelings, like music and poetry”

The Ukrainian director breaks down his film about two old friends, a police detective and a forensic psychiatrist, investigating the murder of their colleague  

03/02/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Tiger Competition

Review: La Palisiada

Review: La Palisiada

The feature debut by Ukrainian director Philip Sotnychenko, homing in on a police investigation, inherits the best traditions of slow cinema  

02/02/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Tiger Competition

Andrei Tănase • Director of Day of the Tiger

Interview: Andrei Tănase • Director of Day of the Tiger

“Shooting with animals is never simple, but shooting with animals that can kill you in seconds is just next-level”

We talked to the Romanian first-time director about strong characters and actors that can gobble up directors in no time at all  

27/01/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Bright Future

Review: Day of the Tiger

Review: Day of the Tiger

Actress Cătălina Moga carries Andrei Tănase's assured debut as a woman under the pressure of a male-dominated society  

27/01/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Bright Future

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