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2413 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 06/11/2025.

Sudabeh Mortezai  • Director of Europa

Interview: Sudabeh Mortezai • Director of Europa

"We don't have a script in real life"

The filmmaker discusses her new film, which follows a businesswoman on her work trip to rural Albania to facilitate a deal between the local landowners and the company she works for  

23/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Review: Europa

Review: Europa

Sudabeh Mortezai’s follow-up to the award-winning Joy is a blistering political drama set in Albania  

21/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Christina Ioakeimidi • Director of Medium

Interview: Christina Ioakeimidi • Director of Medium

"I wanted this story to transcend time and place"

The Greek director discusses her second film, which follows a young woman in love moving through the world in an insecure but steadfast way  

18/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Review: Medium

Review: Medium

Christina Ioakeimidi crafts a competent, emotional study of young love for her sophomore feature  

18/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Tudor Giurgiu & Cecilia Stefanescu • Director and writer of Libertate

Interview: Tudor Giurgiu & Cecilia Stefanescu • Director and writer of Libertate

"This particular episode about the chaos of the revolution in the aftermath of Ceaușescu's downfall is not well known in Romania"

The director and the screenwriter discuss their film, in which they explore the civil war-like events that took place in Sibiu during the last days of 1989's Romanian Revolution  

18/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Simone Bozzelli  • Director of Patagonia

Interview: Simone Bozzelli • Director of Patagonia

“In my film, the strongest substance is love”

The Italian director tells the story of a relationship of emotional dependency between violence and tenderness, and tells us of an Italy too often forgotten  

16/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Libertate

Review: Libertate

Romanian helmer Tudor Giurgiu converts the real-life events of the Romanian Revolution in Sibiu into a thrilling, emotional and narrative-defying experience  

16/08/2023 | Sarajevo 2023 | Competition

Basil Da Cunha  • Director of Manga D’Terra

Interview: Basil Da Cunha • Director of Manga D’Terra

"I made a musical that pays homage to a type of music which does not get the recognition it deserves"

The Swiss-Portuguese director, whose film pays homage to the women of the Reboleira neighbourhood, talks to us with passion about the tight connection between life and cinema  

14/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Rossosperanza

Review: Rossosperanza

The latest powerful film from Annarita Zambrano is a cruel and violent satire of respectability in a society kept captive by its small and petty privileges  

14/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Critical Zone wins the Golden Leopard at Locarno

Critical Zone wins the Golden Leopard at Locarno

The biggest awards of the festival went to three courageous and radical directors: the Iranian Ali Ahmadzadeh, the Ukrainian Maryna Vroda and the Romanian Radu Jude  

14/08/2023 | Locarno 2023 | Awards

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