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23 articles available in total starting from 08/02/2021. Last article published on 12/12/2022.

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Norika Sefa • Director of Looking for Venera

Interview: Norika Sefa • Director of Looking for Venera

“I didn’t want the film to exploit the poverty of Balkan countries”

We talked to the Kosovar director, whose feature debut unspooled at International Film Festival Rotterdam and has now been submitted for the Oscars, for which voting is ongoing until 15 December  

12/12/2022 | /Kosovo

Review: Things Worth Weeping For

Review: Things Worth Weeping For

This eccentric dramedy portrays a female “quarter-life crisis”, where becoming an adult in an overly predictable manner feels like a hugely dull prospect  

23/08/2021 | Sarajevo 2021 | Competition

Great Freedom triumphs at the Sarajevo Film Festival

Great Freedom triumphs at the Sarajevo Film Festival

Sebastian Meise’s film won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature, while Marta Popivoda’s Landscapes of Resistance was crowned as the Best Documentary  

20/08/2021 | Sarajevo 2021 | Awards

Dušan Kasalica  • Director of The Elegy of Laurel

Interview: Dušan Kasalica • Director of The Elegy of Laurel

"My film is a genre mixture exploring the limits of language and communication"

The Montenegrin director talks about his very contemporary portrait of a self-satisfied man cushy in his social position and oblivious to the needs of others  

19/08/2021 | Sarajevo 2021 | Competition

Cristina Grosan  • Director of Things Worth Weeping For

Interview: Cristina Grosan • Director of Things Worth Weeping For

"What’s the best way to live our lives?"

The Hungarian filmmaker discusses her film, which follows a young woman whose life is put upside down after experiencing the death of an old relative  

17/08/2021 | Sarajevo 2021 | Competition

Review: The Elegy of Laurel

Review: The Elegy of Laurel

In his first feature, Montenegrin director Dušan Kasalica shows enviable control in a scathing drama about a self-satisfied man comfortable in his social position and oblivious to the needs of others  

17/08/2021 | Sarajevo 2021 | Competition

Sarajevo announces its competition titles

Sarajevo announces its competition titles

A total of 48 films will be competing for the Heart of Sarajevo Awards in the feature, documentary, short and student competitions, and 18 of these will have their world premieres at Sarajevo  

26/07/2021 | Sarajevo 2021

Review: Women Do Cry

Review: Women Do Cry

CANNES 2021: Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova make a political satire that looks at the sexual power structures still prevalent in Bulgaria and worldwide, using comedy, anger and frustration  

19/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Un Certain Regard

Sebastian Meise  • Director of Great Freedom

Interview: Sebastian Meise • Director of Great Freedom

"My film tells a story of tragic fate in an era where love is treated as crime"

CANNES 2021: The Austrian director discusses homosexuality, post-war Germany and his film, one of the sensations in this year's Un Certain Regard  

13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Un Certain Regard

Luana Bajrami  • Director of The Hill Where Lionesses Roar

Interview: Luana Bajrami • Director of The Hill Where Lionesses Roar

"My film paints the unknown picture of Kosovo"

CANNES 2021: The French-Kosovar actress discusses her first feature as a director, which follows a gang of likeable (and perfectly cast) girls  

12/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors' Fortnight

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