Portugal
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) 2025
PÖFF 2025: 18 Holes to Paradise | Interview with João Nuno Pinto
“We are walking to the edge of existence and it doesn’t stop,” João Nuno Pinto observes, as his third feature…
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Rome Film Festival 2025
Rome Film Festival 2025: Once Upon a Time in Gaza (dirs. Arab & Tarzan Nasser) | Review
In "Once Upon a Time in Gaza," the Nasser brothers return to their homeland with a bold blend of realism…
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Locarno Film Festival 2025
Locarno 2025: The Seasons (by Maureen Fazendeiro) | Review
A poetic and poignant portrait of Alentejo, Portugal, where time’s toll on the landscape calls for preservation, not only in…
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Karlovy Vary IFF 2025
Karlovy Vary 2025: The Luminous Life | Interview with João Rosas
"The Luminous Life" follows a quietly observant young man adrift in Lisbon as he navigates emotional uncertainty and the blurred…
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Cannes 2025
Cannes 2025 (ACID): Obscure Night, “Ain’t I a child?” | Interview with Sylvain George
In "Nuit obscure – “Ain’t I a child?”," Sylvain George wields cinema as a political gesture and poetic act, confronting…
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Locarno Film Festival 2024
Locarno 2024: Hanami (by Denise Fernandes) | Review
Weaving between the natural and magical, Denise Fernandes’ "Hanami" explores the beauty in Cape Verde and what it means to…
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Cannes 2024
Cannes 2024 (Competition): Grand Tour | Interview of Miguel Gomes
Miguel Gomes’ travelogue through Southeast Asia is a spellbinding journey to both ends of the spectrum of feeling. "Grand Tour"…
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Locarno Film Festival 2023
Locarno 2023: Baan | Interview of Leonor Teles
Baan is one of the most anticipated films from the multiple award-winning director and cinematographer, Leonora Teles. She delivers a…
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Cannes 2023
Cannes 2023: The Buriti Flower | Interview of João Salaviza (Un Certain Regard)
We met director João Salaviza, who presented The Buriti Flower at Un Certain Regard, along with his co-director Renée Nader…
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IFF Rotterdam 2022
IFFR 2022: Interview of the directors of ‘A Criança’ (Tiger Competition)
We were delighted to chat with first time feature filmmakers Marguerite de Hillerin and Félix Dutilloy-Liégeois about A Criança (The…
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