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Mariana Hristova

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155 articles available in total starting from 10/09/2009. Last article published on 14/08/2023.

Review: I Am Not What I Am – The Tragedy of Othello by W. Shakespeare

Review: I Am Not What I Am – The Tragedy of Othello by W. Shakespeare

Italian director Edoardo Leo transports the eternal Shakespearean tale of intrigue and jealousy to modern-day Italy, but the result is tedious and fundamentally predictable  

14/08 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Review: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Review: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Radu Jude’s eighth fiction feature seems to imply that the apocalypse might not arrive as a spectacular big bang, but rather as a flood of stupidity – and it’s actually already here  

11/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: The Invisible Fight

Review: The Invisible Fight

Rainer Sarnet’s hilarious third fiction feature goes back to Soviet times and fantasises about the peculiar parallel universes that might have co-existed with the official state narrative  

11/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Radu Jude  • Director of Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Interview: Radu Jude • Director of Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

“It is a very self-reflective film about what images mean and what cinema can be nowadays”

The Romanian helmer breaks down his complex new feature of two halves, which provides witty comments on the digital environment and the altered nature of cinema  

08/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Review: Guardians of the Formula

Review: Guardians of the Formula

Serbian helmer Dragan Bjelogrlić comes up with a skilfully constructed scientific drama lifting the lid on little-known historical events  

08/08 | Locarno 2023 | Piazza Grande

Review: Touched

Review: Touched

Claudia Rorarius explores the fine line between arousal and abuse in her taboo-breaking, fleshy second feature  

07/08 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del presente

Review: Black Stone

Review: Black Stone

Spiros Jacovides’s anti-xenophobia social satire comments with bitter humour on an absurd administrative phenomenon in modern day Greece  

20/07 | Golden Apricot 2023

Spiros Jacovides’s Black Stone grabs the Golden Apricot award

Spiros Jacovides’s Black Stone grabs the Golden Apricot award

Drifter, Endless Borders and Magic Mountain are among the other winners of the 20th edition of Armenia’s major film gathering  

17/07 | Golden Apricot 2023 | Awards

Review: Landshaft

Review: Landshaft

German director Daniel Kötter attempts to grasp the bigger picture of the ongoing Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict  

13/07 | Golden Apricot 2023

Mariam Chachia, Nik Voigt  • Directors of Magic Mountain

Interview: Mariam Chachia, Nik Voigt • Directors of Magic Mountain

“In Georgia, we believe that if we don't talk about the unpleasant past, it will disappear”

The directorial duo reveals the personal motifs behind their captivating documentary, as well as some of the parallel plots lurking under its surface  

11/07 | Golden Apricot 2023

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