Cineuropa • 25th March 2024 Review: The Black Garden War is never glorious, even when rendered into a piece of filmmaking...
Cineuropa • 20th March 2024 Review: The Flats Singling out Krzysztof Kieślowski's The Decalogue as a particular cinematic reference...
International Documentary Association • 14th March 2024 “Transcending Mere Political Analysis”: Midi Z Discusses The Clinic Known for lensing candid portrayals of people often living on the margins of society...
Cineuropa • 15th February 2024 The NFF takes steps to strengthen the competitive position of Dutch features In a freshly published policy plan for the period 2025-2028, the Netherlands Film Fund...
Cineuropa • 31st January 2024 Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha’s My Favourite Cake to premiere at the Berlinale The Iranian writing-directing duo’s third feature-length collaboration...
Cineuropa • 24th January 2024 The Netherlands Film Fund furthers efforts to encourage more sustainable productions Achieving sustainability in the audiovisual sector has been an uphill battle across Europe...
IDFA • 6th December 2023 Constructing the personal narrative It was "a vital need to film" that prompted Soualem to commence her first documentary project Their Algeria...
IDFA • 23rd November 2023 Tatiana Huezo on the fleetingness of youth in The Echo Huezo's camera observes the moments of delight that pierce through the remote village of Mexico, as echoes of hardship continue to reverberate in silence...
Palgrave Macmillan / Springer International • 4th October 2023 A Niche for Creativity In this interview, Thierry Garrel, who stood at the foundation of ARTE, discusses the role of documentary festivals in film curation and programming...
Modern Times Review • 30th July 2023 Chronicling women of the YPJ A woman who is no longer willing to become a military achievement...
True Story • 28th May 2023 A conversation with director Michael Borodin '100% cotton' is a sign of quality—it is natural, eco-friendly and comfortable. But what is behind this label can be disconcerting...
Modern Times Review • 19th May 2023 Filming the right-wing with 'an open heart' 'Polish Prayers' unravels the trajectory of a young Pole as he journeys away from the homophonic, ultra-conservative Brotherhood...
Modern Times Review • 10th May 2023 Coming of age in times of war The sunlit images that convey the teenagers’ embrace of life in all of its joys and struggles are contrasted with the reality of the war-torn village...
Modern Times Review • 26th April 2023 The case of Dominic Ongwen 'Theatre of Violence' is an intriguing piece of filmmaking that confronts you with difficult questions about justice...
International Documentary Association • 10th April 2023 First Look 2023: The ties that bind First Look, the Museum of the Moving Image’s (MoMI) film festival, annually introduces New York audiences to audacious experiments with form...
Modern Times Review • 24th March 2023 Beirut, which exists only in dreams Once the rubble is cleared and stains of blood are washed away, what are we left with but our memories and dreams, or rather our nightmares?...
Modern Times Review • 17th March 2023 A testament to survival Lights are out, now perched on a seat, drawing painful breaths, Aurora joins the audience in witnessing fragments of her story of survival...
Modern Times Review • 9th December 2022 New tech – manufacturing the truth? Having to wade through misinformation galore while navigating current affairs has become a quotidian reality...
Modern Times Review • 22nd November 2022 Prosecution of filmmakers spreads 'like a pandemic' "Most unfortunately, in the past few years, cases of prosecution of filmmakers have been spreading like a pandemic"...
International Documentary Association • 16th November 2022 DOK Leipzig takes on the climate crisis Media attention is short-lived and fickle, with incessant news waves and tweets washing over us every day...