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2630 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 28/09/2026.

Review: Six Weeks

Review: Six Weeks

Noémi Veronika Szakonyi’s feature-length fiction debut is a nuanced and judgement-free portrait of a young woman putting her child up for adoption  

23/08/2022 | Sarajevo 2022 | Competition

Paul Negoescu  • Director of Men of Deeds

Interview: Paul Negoescu • Director of Men of Deeds

“There is no money for writing in Romania”

We talked to the Romanian director about his fourth feature, the lack of professional screenwriters in his country’s film industry and what’s next for him  

22/08/2022 | Sarajevo 2022 | Competition

Review: Riders

Review: Riders

Easy riders from rural Slovenia make their attempt at freedom on the road in Dominik Mencej's smooth debut  

17/08/2022 | Sarajevo 2022 | Competition

Review: Men of Deeds

Review: Men of Deeds

Paul Negoescu’s fourth feature comes with one of the best performances in recent Romanian cinema  

17/08/2022 | Sarajevo 2022 | Competition

Review: A Ballad

Review: A Ballad

Aida Begić’s Brechtian and melancholic comedy finds a young divorcee returning to her hometown to re-examine her life  

17/08/2022 | Sarajevo 2022 | Competition

Ruth Mader • Director of Serviam – I Will Serve

Interview: Ruth Mader • Director of Serviam – I Will Serve

“Girls can also be violent”

The Austrian director wonders how far one can go in the name of God, and if it’s even worth it  

16/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Patricia Mazuy • Director of Saturn Bowling

Interview: Patricia Mazuy • Director of Saturn Bowling

"I had to embrace the subject, and to show courage"

The French director discusses her very dark film noir with a very scary protagonist  

16/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Alessandro Comodin • Director of The Adventures of Gigi the Law

Interview: Alessandro Comodin • Director of The Adventures of Gigi the Law

"The film is in a way a tribute to these typical village characters"

In his latest film, awarded with the festival's Special Jury Prize, the Italian filmmaker explores the boundaries between fiction and documentary  

15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Valentin Merz • Director of De noche los gatos son pardos

Interview: Valentin Merz • Director of De noche los gatos son pardos

"I wanted the actors and their characters to have enough space to explore their own desires"

With his debut feature, the Swiss filmmaker brings us into a mysterious world of desire, revolt and lightness  

15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Ann Oren • Director of Piaffe

Interview: Ann Oren • Director of Piaffe

"I was very much interested in the psychology of dressage, in the relationship between rider and horse"

The Israeli-born, Berlin-based filmmaker discusses her formally ambitious first feature film  

15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

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