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2290 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 09/07/2025.

Michael Koch  • Director of A Piece of Sky

Interview: Michael Koch • Director of A Piece of Sky

“What interests me is the immediate power of nature that one feels in the mountain world”

BERLINALE 2022: Both the Swiss mountains and their inhabitants are the protagonists of this intimate and artistically appealing drama  

21/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Rithy Panh • Director of Everything Will Be OK

Interview: Rithy Panh • Director of Everything Will Be OK

"I’m not here to guide the audience with a super interesting story, but to inspire reflection on image and sound"

BERLINALE 2022: The Cambodian director tells us more about his latest diorama-driven film essay, which has received the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution  

18/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Ursula Meier • Director of The Line

Interview: Ursula Meier • Director of The Line

“Usually in cinema, violence is shown through male protagonists, and when there are women, they’re mostly teenagers”

BERLINALE 2022: The French-Swiss director’s tragicomedy deals with the representation of female violence, casting aside the usual stereotypes  

18/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Review: A Piece of Sky

Review: A Piece of Sky

BERLINALE 2022: Michael Koch’s second feature is an Alpine mountain melodrama, studded with strange musical interludes  

18/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Mikhaël Hers • Director of The Passengers of the Night

Interview: Mikhaël Hers • Director of The Passengers of the Night

"I wanted to show the trivial moments in life and their certain grace and make them as poetic as possible"

BERLINALE 2022: The French director discusses family, politics and cinema while talking about his latest film, a nostalgic saga of self-invention  

17/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Review: One Year, One Night

Review: One Year, One Night

BERLINALE 2022: Isaki Lacuesta explores the harrowing effects of trauma through the story of a couple who survive the Bataclan attack in Paris  

17/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Carla Simón • Director of Alcarràs

Interview: Carla Simón • Director of Alcarràs

“In this film, it’s the men who cry”

BERLINALE 2022: The kids are alright in the film by the Spanish filmmaker, but the adults are a whole other story  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Andreas Dresen • Director of Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush

Interview: Andreas Dresen • Director of Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush

"I fell in love with the real Rabiye Kurnaz, who showed that is possible to win against the most powerful forces of our world"

BERLINALE 2022: The German director discusses his latest film, which depicts the battle of a Turkish housewife for the release of her son from Guantanamo  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Carla Simón's Alcarràs bags the Berlinale Golden Bear

Carla Simón's Alcarràs bags the Berlinale Golden Bear

BERLINALE 2022: In a female-dominated spread of awards, other winners included Claire Denis, Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush and Mutzenbacher  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Awards

Isaki Lacuesta • Director of One Year, One Night

Interview: Isaki Lacuesta • Director of One Year, One Night

“This film is not looking for motivations”

BERLINALE 2022: In the Spanish director’s film, a couple tries to deal with the aftermath of the terrorist attack at the Bataclan theatre together, but not in the same way  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

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