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189 articles available in total starting from 06/05/2010. Last article published on 10/06/2025.

Bruno Anković  • Director of Celebration

Interview: Bruno Anković • Director of Celebration

"This is a story from 100 years ago, but unfortunately, it is also about today and maybe even tomorrow"

The Croatian director delves into his first feature, a film that shows the reasons why innocent people become easy quarry for ideological crusaders  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Celebration

Review: Celebration

Having endured only hardships in his life, a good man crosses a moral boundary to become a member of a fascist militia in Bruno Anković’s mesmerising debut feature  

03/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Poster and first clips for Karlovy Vary entry Celebration

EXCLUSIVE: Poster and first clips for Karlovy Vary entry Celebration

Bruno Anković’s feature debut portrays a Croatian villager's innocence shattered by the harsh realities of war, deprivation and political turmoil between 1926 and 1945  

14/06/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Celebration bound for a Karlovy Vary premiere

Celebration bound for a Karlovy Vary premiere

The debut feature by Bruno Anković is an adaptation of Damir Karakaš’s novel of the same name and follows a poverty-stricken villager over the course of 20 years  

29/05/2024 | Production | Funding | Croatia/Qatar

Review: To a Land Unknown

Review: To a Land Unknown

CANNES 2024: Mahdi Fleifel’s second feature is a migrant drama steeped in empathy, boasting an uncompromising lead performance by Mahmood Bakri  

25/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Mahdi Fleifel • Director of To a Land Unknown

Interview: Mahdi Fleifel • Director of To a Land Unknown

“I’m always intrigued by what it means to have no place where you belong”

CANNES 2024: The Palestinian-Danish director takes on the melancholy of exile as two Palestinian cousins get stranded in Greece  

24/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: East of Noon

Review: East of Noon

CANNES 2024: In her sophomore feature, Hala Elkoussy crafts a chaotic folktale set in a bizarre theatre company ruled by a childish tyrant  

22/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

Saïd Hamich Benlarbi • Director of Across the Sea

Interview: Saïd Hamich Benlarbi • Director of Across the Sea

“I have lived through the experience of exile”

CANNES 2024: In his new film, the French-Moroccan director salutes the dreamers and those who never truly feel at home  

18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Critics’ Week

Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir • Directors of The Brink of Dreams

Interview: Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir • Directors of The Brink of Dreams

“These girls challenge traditions”

CANNES 2024: The Egyptian filmmakers follow an all-female street-theatre troupe that is, and always was, uncompromising  

18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Critics’ Week

Hala Elkoussy • Director of East of Noon

Interview: Hala Elkoussy • Director of East of Noon

“Art has to be pertinent”

CANNES 2024: The visual artist-turned-director brings a satirical bite to the festival, as she shows generations that clash, hoping for a better life  

17/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

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