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544 articles available in total starting from 06/03/2003. Last article published on 10/06/2025.

Review: Aïcha

Review: Aïcha

VENICE 2024: Tunisian director Mehdi Barsaoui’s thriller follows a young woman who bravely seeks a new identity after surviving a bus crash  

09/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Francesca Comencini • Director of The Time It Takes

Interview: Francesca Comencini • Director of The Time It Takes

“Paying public but also private homage to my father involved walking through fire”

VENICE 2024: The Italian director talked to us about the courage that was necessary to evoke her relationship with her father, filmmaker Luigi Comencini, and the importance of resilience  

07/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza • Directors of Sicilian Letters

Interview: Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza • Directors of Sicilian Letters

“This is a dark comedy about the narcissism and the vanity of a real fugitive boss”

VENICE 2024: We talked with the duo of Italian directors about the creation of their singular grotesque comedy  

07/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: The Time It Takes

Review: The Time It Takes

VENICE 2024: Francesca Comencini tells the story of her special relationship with her father Luigi, master of Italian cinema, at the most difficult moment of her life  

06/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Out of Competition

Dea Kulumbegashvili • Director of April

Interview: Dea Kulumbegashvili • Director of April

“Suffering is living”

VENICE 2024: After a long winter, spring always comes in the end, but in the Georgian director’s film, this particular April is cold and dark  

06/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: Sicilian Letters

Review: Sicilian Letters

VENICE 2024: Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza continue their reflection on the Mafia culture in Sicily, with Elio Germano in the shoes of a boss in hiding and Toni Servillo as a corrupt politician  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: April

Review: April

VENICE 2024: Georgian writer-director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s long-awaited sophomore feature is a mesmerising Golden Lion contender, thanks to its assured vision, singularity and depth  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Scandar Copti • Director of Happy Holidays

Interview: Scandar Copti • Director of Happy Holidays

“I’m a big believer in the process of liberation, and I truly believe that nobody’s free until everybody’s free”

VENICE 2024: The Palestinian director breaks down his methods of writing and shooting as well as interrogating concepts like morality and the normalisation of oppression  

05/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Maura Delpero • Director of Vermiglio

Interview: Maura Delpero • Director of Vermiglio

“My protagonist becomes a free woman out of necessity”

VENICE 2024: The Italian director chatted with us about motherhood, documentaries, fiction and the female outlook, and about Ermanno Olmi  

04/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Review: Happy Holidays

Review: Happy Holidays

VENICE 2024: Palestinian filmmaker Scandar Copti makes effective use of an ensemble cast in this portrait of contemporary family life in Israel, replete with its many intricacies  

04/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

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