Spotlight: Emerging European Talents
As a European-based media outlet, Film Fest Report is proud to support the most promising European emerging filmmakers.
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Cannes 2025 (Critics’ Week): Imago | Interview with Déni Oumar Pitsaev
“To build a house that cannot be destroyed." We interviewed Chechen director Déni Oumar Pitsaev who won L’Oeil d’or, the…
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Cannes 2025 (Directors’ Fortnight): +10K (dir. Gala Hernández López) | Review
With "+10K," Gala Hernández López delivers a masterfully crafted and exhilarating mid-length hybrid film that probes the manufacturing of dreams…
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Cannes 2025 (Un Certain Regard): Karavan (dir. Zuzana Kirchnerová) | Review
2009 Cinéfondation Award winner Zuzana Kirchnerová brings "Karavan" to Un Certain Regard this year, presenting a poignant slice of life…
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Cannes 2025: Arco | Interview with Ugo Bienvenu
"Our superpower is intuition. Machines compute. We feel. Let’s not forget that." We were excited to chat with Ugo Bienvenu…
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Cannes 2025 (Directors’ Fortnight): Wild Foxes (dir. Valéry Carnoy) | Review
Healing gets buried. Pain starts to resurface. Self-destruction explodes limitlessly. Valéry Carnoy’s "Wild Foxes" bares its fangs fiercely to unravel…
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DOK.fest München 2025: 9-Month Contract (dir. Ketevan Vashagashvili) | Review
"9-Month Contract" is a poignant ode to resilience and maternal love, brought to life by the touching bond between Zhana…
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Cannes 2025 (Critics’ Week): Reedland (dir. Sven Bresser) | Review
Evil lurks deeper in the reed beds. The further the eyes perceive, the darker the anxiety unfolds. Sven Bresser’s "Reedland"…
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Berlinale 2025: Ceasefire (dir. Jakob Krese) | Review
In "Ceasefire," Jakob Krese bears witness to a life suspended, where past wounds refuse to fade.
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Berlinale 2025: In Retrospect (dirs. Daniel Asadi Faezi & Mila Zhluktenko) | Review
Exploring the history of an everyday place, Daniel Asadi Faezi and Mila Zhluktenko craft a collage that echoes the past…
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FIPADOC 2025: My Sextortion Diary (dir. Patricia Franquesa) | Review
In the European Stories section of FIPADOC 2025, Patricia Franquesa presents "My Sextortion Diary," an investigative documentary in the form…
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