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571 articles available in total starting from 18/07/2003. Last article published on 18/07/2025.

Claire Burger  • Director of Foreign Language

Interview: Claire Burger • Director of Foreign Language

“I wanted to show beautiful things amongst the youth, even if the current moment is complicated”

The French director talks about her second solo feature film, a vivid and subtle portrait of today’s youth  

05/07/2024 | BRIFF 2024

Noaz Deshe  • Director of Xoftex

Interview: Noaz Deshe • Director of Xoftex

"I wanted to document the progression of the mental state of stateless people in a refugee camp"

The director tells us more about his new film, in which he portrays refugees filming satirical sketches and preparing for a zombie horror flick while awaiting immigration interviews in a Greek camp  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

George Sikharulidze  • Director of Panopticon

Interview: George Sikharulidze • Director of Panopticon

"I was interested in exploring the clash between a young boy's soul and his exploding sexuality"

The Georgian filmmaker discusses his first film, about an introvert teenager embarking on a journey of self-discovery, opening up both to an ultra-right organisation and his own sexuality  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Banzo

Review: Banzo

In Margarida Cardoso’s feature, a mysterious illness is befalling the workers on a remote African island  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Margarida Cardoso  • Director of Banzo

Interview: Margarida Cardoso • Director of Banzo

“One of the challenges of the film is that it takes place from the point of view of those in power”

In her new feature, the Portuguese director focuses on a little-discussed historical happening: the death of expatriated African workers owing to their longing for their homeland  

04/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Xoftex

Review: Xoftex

Noaz Deshe makes tragic reality and surreal fantasies overlap in order to portray the frustrating situation at a Greek refugee camp  

02/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Panopticon

Review: Panopticon

George Sikharulidze’s debut tells the story of an 18-year-old boy who experiences conflicting emotions as his sexuality awakens against the backdrop of Georgian society  

01/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser poster and first clips for Karlovy Vary entry Xoftex

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser poster and first clips for Karlovy Vary entry Xoftex

The new film by Noaz Deshe, Venice Lion of the Future winner for White Shadow, centres on asylum seekers filming satirical sketches while they await news on their status in a Greek refugee camp  

11/06/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Miguel Gomes • Director of Grand Tour

Interview: Miguel Gomes • Director of Grand Tour

"My film is almost like a joke, about men being so cowardly and women being so determined"

CANNES 2024: The Portuguese filmmaker talks about his new film, a travelogue drama about colonialism, social divides and love  

25/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Sean Baker’s Anora scoops the Palme d’Or at Cannes

Sean Baker’s Anora scoops the Palme d’Or at Cannes

CANNES 2024: The Grand Prix has gone to India’s Payal Kapadia, two awards to Emilia Perez by Jacques Audiard, and other accolades to Miguel Gomes, Coralie Fargeat and Mohammad Rasoulof  

25/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Awards

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