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2288 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 08/07/2025.

Great masters, confirmations and debuts at the 79th Venice Film Festival

Great masters, confirmations and debuts at the 79th Venice Film Festival

Five Italian films and five French titles are in competition at the festival directed by Alberto Barbera, which will take place from 31 August to 10 September on the Lido  

26/07/2022 | Venice 2022 | Competition/Out of Competition

A feast of Spanish cinema at the 70th anniversary of San Sebastian

A feast of Spanish cinema at the 70th anniversary of San Sebastian

No fewer than 18 titles make up the great Spanish selection at the Basque festival: featuring, among others, the new works by Pilar Palomero, Jaime Rosales, Fernando Franco and Paco León  

15/07/2022 | San Sebastián 2022

Beata Parkanová • Director of The Word

Interview: Beata Parkanová • Director of The Word

“We often forget what we thought but never what we felt”

The Czech director, whose film won two awards at Karlovy Vary, turns back time and gets inspired by the story of her own family  

14/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Christos Passalis • Director of Silence 6-9

Interview: Christos Passalis • Director of Silence 6-9

“Understanding is overrated”

We talked to the Greek actor about his directorial debut, in which he stars alongside Angeliki Papoulia  

12/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Review: Borders of Love

Review: Borders of Love

Things get messy in Tomasz Wiński’s Crystal Globe Competition entry, about a couple who want more and somehow end up with less  

11/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Ofir Raul Grazier • Director of America

Interview: Ofir Raul Grazier • Director of America

"I wanted to tell a story about childhood and its influence on our life; it's the basic thing in our human spirit"

The Israeli director unpicks his new feature, a cleverly structured, psychologically complex story about relationships, which has just screened in competition at Karlovy Vary  

08/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper • Directors of Vesper

Interview: Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper • Directors of Vesper

“We’re the audience, too, after all”

We sat down with the helmers of this ambitious European sci-fi co-production, a visually astonishing tale set in a dystopian world where the Earth’s ecosystem has collapsed  

08/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov and Zlatina Teneva • Directors of A Provincial Hospital

Interview: Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov and Zlatina Teneva • Directors of A Provincial Hospital

“We hope that our film offers a unique and surprising window into a reality that seemed so close and yet so far away”

The co-directors share their insights into the filming process for their documentary, revealing the atmosphere in a small Bulgarian hospital during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic  

08/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Tomasz Wiński • Director of Borders of Love

Interview: Tomasz Wiński • Director of Borders of Love

“I’m just interested in pain”

A long-standing couple decide to live out their fantasies – also with other people – in the Polish-born, Czech-based filmmaker’s new effort  

08/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Review: A Provincial Hospital

Review: A Provincial Hospital

Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov and Zlatina Teneva's film documents the COVID-19 situation in the hospital of a small Bulgarian town with warmth and a real human connection  

08/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

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