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329 articles available in total starting from 09/04/2018. Last article published on 14/08/2023.

Laura Ferrés  • Director of The Permanent Picture

Interview: Laura Ferrés • Director of The Permanent Picture

“I am not interested in making autobiographical films; I already spend enough time with myself”

The Catalonian director has crafted an experimental and genre-blending portrait of women from different generations  

14/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Romain de Saint-Blanquat  • Director of Bitten

Interview: Romain de Saint-Blanquat • Director of Bitten

“Gothic literature had an influence on the aesthetics of the film as well as on the main character”

The French director breaks down his stylish and atmospheric feature debut, focusing on his protagonists, and his fascination for vampires and coming-of-age topics  

10/08 | Locarno 2023 | Cineasti del presente

Sofia Exarchou  • Director of Animal

Interview: Sofia Exarchou • Director of Animal

“I like to start with reality, but then I want to create my own universe, one that will serve my story”

The Greek director, whose film plunges into the rarely seen universe of hotel and resort animators, discusses her approach, her research and her cast  

10/08 | Locarno 2023 | Competition

Michèle Jacob  • Director of The Lost Children

Interview: Michèle Jacob • Director of The Lost Children

“Everyone has a monster inside them”

We talked to the Belgian director about her first feature and merciless trip into the subconscious  

10/07 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Proxima

Behrooz Karamizade  • Director of Empty Nets

Interview: Behrooz Karamizade • Director of Empty Nets

“I wanted to let young Iranian people have their say and show the world that there are other sides to Iran, too”

The German-Iranian director breaks down the masculine world of fishing, the prospects for the young generation of Iranians and his relationship with the sea  

07/07 | Karlovy Vary 2023 | Competition

Michel Gondry • Director of The Book of Solutions

Interview: Michel Gondry • Director of The Book of Solutions

“Once I have an idea in my mind, I need to execute it”

CANNES 2023: The French director unpicks his auto-fictional dramedy about a filmmaker who drives everyone around him crazy  

31/05 | Cannes 2023 | Directors’ Fortnight

Kanu Behl • Director of Agra

Interview: Kanu Behl • Director of Agra

“It was important to use the body and the act of sex as a vessel to lay bare some larger truths about the human condition”

CANNES 2023: The Indian director presents a family drama and an unusual love story in a film that homes in on sexuality and sexual repression  

30/05 | Cannes 2023 | Directors’ Fortnight

Zoljargal Purevdash  • Director of If Only I Could Hibernate

Interview: Zoljargal Purevdash • Director of If Only I Could Hibernate

“All the pain is being caused by men, but with education, we can fight against that”

CANNES 2023: The first feature by the Mongolian director focuses on the difficult living conditions in the yurt district of Ulaanbaatar  

26/05 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

Baloji  • Director of Omen

Interview: Baloji • Director of Omen

“Everything you can find in a family is a reflection of society”

CANNES 2023: The Belgian-Congolese director takes us on a unique trip through the traditions and beliefs of the Democratic Republic of Congo  

26/05 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

Rodrigo Moreno  • Director of The Delinquents

Interview: Rodrigo Moreno • Director of The Delinquents

"I had a totally free spirit in making this film"

CANNES 2023: The Argentinian director Rodrigo Moreno unpicks his new film, which follows two bank employees that question the routine life they carry out and decide to do something about it  

25/05 | Cannes 2023 | Un Certain Regard

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