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

The Berlinale announces its Competition and Encounters titles, plus Ukraine- and Iran-focused solidarity initiatives

The Berlinale announces its Competition and Encounters titles, plus Ukraine- and Iran-focused solidarity initiatives

The Berlinale Special section will host the world premiere of Superpower, Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman’s documentary shot over the last year in Ukraine  

23/01/2023 | Berlinale 2023

Juraj Lehotský • Director of Plastic Symphony

Interview: Juraj Lehotský • Director of Plastic Symphony

“Every film I make reflects a specific phase in people's lives”

Cineuropa talks to the Slovak director about his latest fiction film, which was shot during the pandemic and which stars Polish actor Bartosz Bielenia in the lead role  

13/12/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Norika Sefa • Director of Looking for Venera

Interview: Norika Sefa • Director of Looking for Venera

“I didn’t want the film to exploit the poverty of Balkan countries”

We talked to the Kosovar director, whose feature debut unspooled at International Film Festival Rotterdam and has now been submitted for the Oscars, for which voting is ongoing until 15 December  

12/12/2022 | /Kosovo

Mona J Hoel • Director of Night

Interview: Mona J Hoel • Director of Night

"I developed this story out of my own experience of domestic violence"

The Norwegian director discusses her newest feature, which portrays the struggles of a married woman who is forced to travel to the faraway place where her husband lives to face him  

01/12/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Review: Sashenka

Review: Sashenka

Olexandr Zhovna’s sophomore feature shows enough to unsettle, but things get too convoluted and confusing along the way  

01/12/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Gentian Koçi • Director of A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On

Interview: Gentian Koçi • Director of A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On

"This story and these characters, who are forced to invent a completely new language, challenged me in my use of film language"

The Albanian director discusses his film, which follows two identical deaf-mute twin brothers who discover they will also progressively and irreversibly become blind  

30/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Dana Nechushtan • Director of Piece of My Heart

Interview: Dana Nechushtan • Director of Piece of My Heart

"This story is ultimately about friendship between two women"

The Israeli-born Dutch director talks about her film, a psychologically mercilessly tense tale about two dancers who understand each other without words  

30/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Marysia Nikitiuk • Director of Lucky Girl

Interview: Marysia Nikitiuk • Director of Lucky Girl

“For me, making a film is a journey, and this trip is always unique”

We chatted to the Ukrainian director about the background to her film, revolving around a popular, selfish, career-orientated TV presenter who gets seriously ill but soldiers on  

29/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Adrian Goiginger • Director of The Fox

Interview: Adrian Goiginger • Director of The Fox

"Taking care of the fox cub kept my great-grandfather sane in the midst of the horrible events he witnessed"

We met up with the Austrian director to discuss his great-grandfather’s personal experience during the Second World War, a story which became the centre of his film  

28/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Review: Piece of My Heart

Review: Piece of My Heart

Friendship is tainted by jealousy – and way too much booze – in Dana Nechushtan's clunky ballerina melodrama  

28/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

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