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113 articles available in total starting from 17/06/2002. Last article published on 07/03/2024.

Review: The Owner

Review: The Owner

In his newest effort, Russian filmmaker Yuri Bykov is openly critical of the system as a whole  

07/03 | Belgrade FEST 2024

To sell or not to sell films and shows to Russia?

To sell or not to sell films and shows to Russia?

As the country where French films reported the highest number of admissions abroad in 2023, Russia formed the focus of discussions at the 26th Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris  

18/01 | Unifrance Rendez-Vous 2024

Review: Grace

Review: Grace

CANNES 2023: Ilya Povolotsky’s film is a soporific coming-of-age drama, and an escapist piece whose presence on the Croisette is out of place and comes at totally the wrong time  

24/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Directors’ Fortnight

Malika Musaeva  • Director of The Cage Is Looking for a Bird

Interview: Malika Musaeva • Director of The Cage Is Looking for a Bird

“It is not always the case that a physical attempt to escape is really a liberation”

BERLINALE 2023: The Chechen filmmaker spoke of the historical resonance of her debut film, and her place in a new generation of directors from the Caucasus  

27/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Encounters

Review: The Cage Is Looking for a Bird

Review: The Cage Is Looking for a Bird

BERLINALE 2023: Chechen filmmaker Malika Musaeva’s feature debut is a steely and increasingly desperate drama of entrapment and release  

22/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Encounters

Manny de Guerre   • Founder and Director Side by side LGTB Film Festival

Interview: Manny de Guerre • Founder and Director Side by side LGTB Film Festival

"The idea behind the festival was to create a space for LGTB people and also a straight people to bring them together and to start talking about difficult LGTB issues."

In this interview, Manny de Guerre explains what it's like to manage pressure from the authorities and homophobic opposition while trying to organize a usual film festival  

14/12/2022 | Euro Film Fest

Review: Fairytale

Review: Fairytale

Alexandr Sokurov returns with another set of historical musings dressed as an accomplished experimental film  

08/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Review: Tchaikovsky’s Wife

Review: Tchaikovsky’s Wife

CANNES 2022: Kirill Serebrennikov gives us a disturbing read on the marriage of the venerated 19th-century Russian composer and his devoted spouse, Antonina Miliukova  

19/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Series review: The Silence

Series review: The Silence

The new series from Drugi Plan and director Dalibor Matanić is an accomplished procedural based on the real-life case of a sex trafficking chain that extends from Ukraine to Croatia  

11/04/2022 | Series | Reviews | Croatia/Ukraine/Russia

Michael Borodin  • Director of Convenience Store

Interview: Michael Borodin • Director of Convenience Store

"My film is a conversation about a modern slavery that doesn’t usually appear in either Uzbek or Russian movies"

BERLINALE 2022: The Uzbek director talks about his first film, based on the true case of the so-called “Golyanovo slaves” which came to light in 2016  

23/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

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