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2413 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 06/11/2025.

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

Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze and Taki Mumladze • Director of and actress in A Room of My Own

Interview: Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze and Taki Mumladze • Director of and actress in A Room of My Own

"This film was made thanks to the help of our friends, and our ambition is to be the voice of young people in Georgia"

The director and his lead actress and co-writer break down their new film, which has just screened in competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival  

07/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Sophie Linnenbaum • Director of The Ordinaries

Interview: Sophie Linnenbaum • Director of The Ordinaries

"Only by consciously turning to and questioning these mechanisms of narratives can we become storytellers ourselves"

The director unpicks her movie, and how she lets the outside discourse of identity, social caste and media representation form a meta-world within the film  

07/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Review: America

Review: America

In his second feature, Israeli director Ofir Raul Grazier crafts another psychologically complex, thought-provoking story about relationships, with a strong sensual throughline  

07/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Review: Silence 6-9

Review: Silence 6-9

Christos Passalis’ feature-length fiction debut is a worthy addition to the collection of Greek Weird Wave films  

07/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Review: A Room of My Own

Review: A Room of My Own

Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze’s film proves that the biggest drama always happens in the smallest of places  

06/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

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