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663 articles available in total starting from 14/06/2002. Last article published on 23/04/2025.

The 62nd Viennale offers a rich selection of award-winning films

The 62nd Viennale offers a rich selection of award-winning films

With a “best of” of the latest festival season, as well as some critical reflections on the status quo of the world, the Austrian gathering is poised to unspool until the end of the month  

16/10/2024 | Viennale 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser and poster for Zurich title To Close Your Eyes and See Fire

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser and poster for Zurich title To Close Your Eyes and See Fire

Nicola von Leffern and Jakob Carl Sauer’s documentary is set in the aftermath of the 2020 Beirut explosion and zooms in on some of its survivors  

26/09/2024 | Zurich 2024

Akaki Popkhadze • Director of In the Name of Blood

Interview: Akaki Popkhadze • Director of In the Name of Blood

“Cinema is my way to tell people that I love them”

The Georgian-born, French-raised director discusses his crime-thriller debut and its tender undertones  

25/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | New Directors

Review: In the Name of Blood

Review: In the Name of Blood

Akaki Popkhadze delves into the dark and criminal side of the Bay of Angels with an intense and ferocious thriller about two brothers and an act of revenge  

22/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | New Directors

Nader Saeivar • Director of The Witness

Interview: Nader Saeivar • Director of The Witness

“The new generation wants to win using forgiveness and beauty”

VENICE 2024: The Iranian director explains how he intended to commemorate the women’s movement and its non-violent forms of protest  

07/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti Extra

Review: The Witness

Review: The Witness

VENICE 2024: Iranian director Nader Saeivar celebrates the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in his tale of an elderly teacher seeking justice  

06/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti Extra

Bernhard Wenger • Director of Peacock

Interview: Bernhard Wenger • Director of Peacock

“I find passive main characters exciting – you rarely see them in films”

VENICE 2024: The Austrian helmer’s feature debut pokes fun at society’s excessive need for perfectly curated, albeit fake, personalities  

02/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

Peter Kerekes  • Director of Wishing on a Star

Interview: Peter Kerekes • Director of Wishing on a Star

“This film is not about sound or image; it’s about energy”

VENICE 2024: Can spending your birthday under the right star constellation really help you reach your goals in life? The Slovak-Hungarian director tells us more  

02/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Review: Wishing on a Star

Review: Wishing on a Star

VENICE 2024: In his heartfelt but entertaining documentary, Peter Kerekes follows a Neapolitan astrologer and her customers on their path to finding new meaning in life  

01/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Review: Peacock

Review: Peacock

VENICE 2024: In his feature debut, Austrian director Bernhard Wenger satirises the societal construct of a personality, making full use of the understated acting by Albrecht Schuch  

31/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | International Film Critics’ Week

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